Coonoor Assembly constituency

Coonoor is a state assembly constituency in Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 110. It comes under Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency.^[3] It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Coonoor
Constituency No. 110 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nilgiris
Lok Sabha constituency	Nilgiris
Established	1957
Total electors	1,91,913[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Ramachandran
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1957	J. Matha Gowder		Indian National Congress
1962
1967	B. Gowder		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	J. Karunainathan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Rangasamy
1980	M. Ranganathan
1984	M. Sivakumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	N. Thangavel		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	M. Karuppasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	N. Thangavel		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1997	M. Ranganathan
2001	K. Kandaswamy		Tamil Maanila Congress
2006	A. Soundarapandian		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	K. Ramachandran
2016	A. Ramu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. Ramachandran[4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Ramachandran	61,820	45.89%	2.93%
	AIADMK	Vinoth. D.	57,715	42.84%	−2.87%
	NTK	Lavanya. M.	7,252	5.38%	4.77%
	MNM	Rajakumar. H. B.	3,621	2.69%
	AMMK	Kalaiselvan. S.	2,527	1.88%
	NOTA	Nota	1,188	0.88%	−0.81%
Margin of victory			4,105	3.05%	0.30%
Turnout			1,34,720	70.20%	−1.51%
Rejected ballots			123	0.09%
Registered electors			1,91,913
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.18%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Ramu. A.	61,650	45.71%
	DMK	Mubarak. B. M.	57,940	42.96%	−7.70%
	DMDK	Chidambaram. V.	3,989	2.96%
	BJP	Kumaran. B.	3,547	2.63%	0.12%
	Independent	Dharmaraj. S.	2,319	1.72%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,283	1.69%
	NTK	Ramasamy. P.	822	0.61%
	Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazagham	Sivakumar. R.	559	0.41%
	PMK	Senthil Kumar. P.	469	0.35%
	Independent	Sekar. M.	390	0.29%
	Independent	Naresh Desingh. D.	343	0.25%
Margin of victory			3,710	2.75%	−4.93%
Turnout			1,34,870	71.71%	−1.36%
Registered electors			1,88,075
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-4.95%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Ramachandran	61,302	50.66%	3.30%
	CPI	Bellie. A	52,010	42.98%
	BJP	Alwas. M	3,040	2.51%	0.70%
	Independent	Abdul Wahab	1,231	1.02%
	Independent	Jothilingam. R	871	0.72%
	Independent	Mathivanan. V	803	0.66%
	BSP	Leon Gerald Thilak. M. G.	798	0.66%	0.06%
	Independent	Esakkimuthu. V	612	0.51%
	IJK	Lenin. N	348	0.29%
Margin of victory			9,292	7.68%	1.71%
Turnout			1,65,620	73.07%	8.22%
Registered electors			1,21,015
	DMK hold		Swing	3.30%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Soundarapandian. A	45,303	47.36%	8.98%
	AIADMK	Selvaraj. M	39,589	41.38%
	DMDK	Chidambaram. V	7,227	7.55%
	BJP	Anbarasan (Alias) Anbu. D	1,729	1.81%
	Independent	Ramachandran. P	594	0.62%
	BSP	Theinmathi. P	569	0.59%
	Independent	Annakili. A	405	0.42%
	AIFB	Arumugam. P	250	0.26%
Margin of victory			5,714	5.97%	−11.52%
Turnout			95,666	64.85%	11.84%
Registered electors			1,47,524
	DMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-8.51%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	Kandasamy K	53,156	55.86%
	DMK	Mahaliappan E. M.	36,512	38.37%	−25.90%
	MDMK	Vijayakumar R	3,230	3.39%	0.40%
	Independent	Vetrivel Sivakumar K	1,546	1.62%
	Independent	Nallasamy M	711	0.75%
Margin of victory			16,644	17.49%	−18.22%
Turnout			95,155	53.00%	−11.60%
Registered electors			1,79,568
	TMC(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-8.40%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Thangavel	63,919	64.27%	29.41%
	AIADMK	Karuppusamy. S.	28,404	28.56%	−30.84%
	BJP	Eswaran. T.	3,371	3.39%	−1.43%
	MDMK	Selvaraj. S.	2,983	3.00%
	ATMK	Anbalagan. A.	164	0.16%
	Independent	Navaneetham. K.	151	0.15%
	Independent	Dhinakaran. K.	151	0.15%
	Independent	Mani. K. P.	72	0.07%
	Independent	Velusamy. M.	71	0.07%
	Independent	Annadurai. R.	67	0.07%
	Independent	Karuppiah. R.	64	0.06%
Margin of victory			35,515	35.71%	11.16%
Turnout			99,459	64.61%	4.54%
Registered electors			1,61,044
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.87%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Karuppusamy M.	53,608	59.40%	44.25%
	DMK	Mahaliappan E. M.	31,457	34.86%	−7.53%
	BJP	Shanmugam A.	4,352	4.82%
	PMK	Saradha B.	218	0.24%
	Independent	Komali L.	140	0.16%
	Independent	Mohan K.	139	0.15%
	THMM	Rajeswari S.	119	0.13%
	Independent	Ponnazhagan A.	83	0.09%
	Independent	Kandasamy M.	78	0.09%
	Independent	Veluswamy M.	55	0.06%
Margin of victory			22,151	24.54%	13.00%
Turnout			90,249	60.07%	−10.84%
Registered electors			1,55,447
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	17.02%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Thangavel	40,974	42.38%	0.27%
	INC	Arumugham. P.	29,814	30.84%
	AIADMK	Manimaran. S.	14,648	15.15%	−41.55%
	AIADMK	Ponnuraj. T.	10,672	11.04%	−45.66%
	Independent	Ponnazhagan. A.	278	0.29%
	Independent	Raju. K.	123	0.13%
	Independent	Ammasan. A.	106	0.11%
	Independent	Veluswami. M.	63	0.07%
Margin of victory			11,160	11.54%	−3.05%
Turnout			96,678	70.91%	0.33%
Registered electors			1,38,919
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-14.32%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Sivakumar	47,113	56.70%	19.12%
	DMK	M. Ranganathan	34,990	42.11%	−14.74%
	Independent	Komali	993	1.20%
Margin of victory			12,123	14.59%	−4.68%
Turnout			83,096	70.58%	16.07%
Registered electors			1,23,350
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-0.15%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Ranganathan. M.	34,424	56.85%	14.52%
	AIADMK	Periasamy. C.	22,756	37.58%	13.00%
	JP	Mahaliappan. E. M.	3,217	5.31%
	Independent	Balasubramaniam. A.	158	0.26%
Margin of victory			11,668	19.27%	1.51%
Turnout			60,555	54.51%	2.84%
Registered electors			1,12,613
	DMK hold		Swing	14.52%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Rangasamy	22,649	42.33%	−18.51%
	AIADMK	C. Periasamy	13,150	24.58%
	INC	K. Chandran	8,829	16.50%	−11.37%
	JP	C.P. Krishiah	7,888	14.74%
	Independent	L. Komali	341	0.64%
	Independent	A. Chelliah	257	0.48%
	Independent	M.R. Ramasamy	210	0.39%
	Independent	A. Shanmugam	144	0.27%
	Independent	R. Muthuswamy	37	0.07%
Margin of victory			9,499	17.75%	−15.21%
Turnout			53,505	51.67%	−17.01%
Registered electors			1,05,169
	DMK hold		Swing	-18.51%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	J. Karunainathan	33,451	60.84%	2.10%
	INC	N. Andy	15,325	27.87%	−13.39%
	Independent	M. M. Raman	4,354	7.92%
	ABJS	I. Doraiswamy	1,603	2.92%
	Independent	D. R. Bojaraj	129	0.23%
	Independent	A. K. Bheeman	120	0.22%
Margin of victory			18,126	32.97%	15.50%
Turnout			54,982	68.68%	−5.01%
Registered electors			83,756
	DMK hold		Swing	2.10%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	B. Gowder	31,855	58.74%	37.46%
	INC	M. K. N. Gowder	22,380	41.26%	−10.38%
Margin of victory			9,475	17.47%	−12.90%
Turnout			54,235	73.69%	1.61%
Registered electors			75,716
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	7.09%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. Matha Gowder	36,668	51.65%	7.09%
	DMK	J. Belli	15,103	21.27%
	CPI	H. B. Devaraj	11,679	16.45%
	SWA	K. N. Bella Gowder	6,849	9.65%
	Independent	V. Kanthian	699	0.98%
Margin of victory			21,565	30.37%	19.76%
Turnout			70,998	72.08%	1.00%
Registered electors			1,02,319
	INC hold		Swing	7.09%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. Matha Gowder	22,113	44.56%
	Independent	H. B. Ari Gowder	16,845	33.94%
	Independent	K. Bhojan	14,796	29.81%
	Independent	V. K. Subramanian	5,174	10.43%
	Independent	D. Singaram	4,440	8.95%
	Independent	J. Hiria Gowder	1,055	2.13%
Margin of victory			5,268	10.62%
Turnout			49,627	71.08%
Registered electors			69,821
	INC win (new seat)