Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency

Nilgiris is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 19 of 39. Since 2009 , this constituency is reserved for the candidates belonging to the Scheduled Castes.

Nilgiris
Lok Sabha constituency
Nilgiris constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Bhavanisagar (SC) Udhagamandalam Gudalur (SC) Coonoor Mettuppalayam Avanashi (SC)
Established	1957
Total electors	13,65,608[1]
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent A. Raja
Party	DMK
Elected year	2019 Election

Assembly segments

From 2009

Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

#	Name	District	Member	Party
107	Bhavanisagar (SC)	Erode	A. Bannari		ADMK
108	Udhagamandalam	Nilgiris	R. Ganesh		INC
109	Gudalur (SC)		Pon. Jayaseelan		ADMK
110	Coonoor		K. Ramachandran		DMK
111	Mettuppalayam	Coimbatore	A. K. Selvaraj		ADMK
112	Avanashi (SC)	Tiruppur	P. Dhanapal		ADMK

Before 2009

1. Mettupalayam
2. Avinashi (SC)
3. Thondamuthur (moved to Pollachi Constituency)
4. Coonoor (SC)
5. Udhagamandalam
6. Gudalur

Members of Parliament

Year	Member[3]	Party
1957	C.Nanjappa		Indian National Congress
1962	Akkamma Devi
1967	M.K. Nanja Gowder		Swatantra Party
1971	J. Matha Gowder		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	P. S Ramalingam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	R. Prabhu		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996	S. R. Balasubramaniam		Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	Master Mathan		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2004	R. Prabhu		Indian National Congress
2009	A. Raja		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014	C. Gopalakrishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	A. Raja[4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			46.44%
2019			54.36%
2014			52.31%
2009			44.67%
2004			63.28%
1999			50.73%
1998			46.49%
1996			62.91%
1991			58.75%
1989			61.49%
1984			60.31%
1980			57.18%
1977			55.85%
1971			58.25%
1967			48.06%
1962			52.54%
1957			59.16%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Raja	473,212	46.44	7.92
	BJP	L. Murugan	232,627	22.83	New
	AIADMK	D. Logesh Tamil Selvan	220,230	21.61	12.33
	NTK	Jayakumar	58,821	5.77	New
	NOTA	None of the above	13,000	1.28	0.52
Margin of victory			240,585	21.06	0.64
Turnout			1,142,549
Registered electors
	DMK hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Nilgiris^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Raja	547,832	54.36	+13.89
	AIADMK	M. Thiyagarajan	3,42,009	33.94	−18.37
	MNM	N. Rajenthiran	41,169	4.09	N/A
	Independent	M. Ramaswamy	40,419	4.01	New
	NOTA	None of the above	18,149	1.80	−3.45
Margin of victory			2,05,823	20.42	8.59
Turnout			10,07,774	74.01	3.92
Registered electors			13,66,060		7.63
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.05

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Gopalakrishnan	463,700	52.31
	DMK	A. Raja	3,58,760	40.47	−4.20
	NOTA	None of the above	46,559	5.25
	INC	P. Gandhi	37,702	4.25
	AAP	M. T. Rani	12,525	1.41
Margin of victory			1,04,940	11.84	−0.29
Turnout			8,86,517	73.55	−0.84
Registered electors			12,69,173		26.52
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	7.63

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Raja	316,802	44.67%
	MDMK	C. Krishnan	2,30,781	32.54%
	DMDK	S. Selvaraj	76,613	10.80%
	KNMK	S. Bhadiran	32,776	4.62%
	BJP	S. Gurumurthy	18,690	2.64%	−30.35%
	Independent	C. Velmurugan	11,979	1.69%
	Independent	G. Nagaraju	8,821	1.24%
Margin of victory			86,021	12.13%	−18.16%
Turnout			7,09,158	70.75%	11.42%
Registered electors			10,03,168		−23.86%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-18.60%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Prabhu	494,121	63.28%	15.83%
	BJP	Master Mathan	2,57,619	32.99%	−17.74%
	Independent	T. K. Pappannan	10,649	1.36%
	YSRCP	P. Kumaran	6,580	0.84%
	Independent	M. Tirrumurthi	3,630	0.46%
Margin of victory			2,36,502	30.29%	27.00%
Turnout			7,80,890	59.29%	4.19%
Registered electors			13,17,502		−2.30%
	INC gain from BJP		Swing	12.55%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Master Mathan	369,828	50.73%	46.47%
	INC	R. Prabhu	3,45,869	47.44%	21.76%
	PT	C. Chinnaraj	7,612	1.04%
Margin of victory			23,959	3.29%	−5.41%
Turnout			7,29,000	55.08%	−11.34%
Registered electors			13,48,475		4.20%
	BJP hold		Swing	-12.17%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Master Mathan	322,818	46.49%
	TMC(M)	S. R. Balasubramaniam	2,62,433	37.80%
	INC	R. Prabhu	1,06,588	15.35%
Margin of victory			60,385	8.70%	−28.53%
Turnout			6,94,358	55.50%	−10.92%
Registered electors			12,94,110		7.93%
	BJP gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-16.41%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. R. Balasubramaniam	475,515	62.91%
	INC	R. Prabhu	1,94,139	25.68%	−33.07%
	JD	C. V. Kandasamy	38,462	5.09%
	BJP	Master Mathan	32,185	4.26%	−1.99%
Margin of victory			2,81,376	37.22%	9.82%
Turnout			7,55,924	66.42%	4.18%
Registered electors			11,99,070		8.64%
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	4.15%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Prabhu	387,707	58.75%	−2.74%
	DMK	S. Duraisamy	2,06,905	31.35%	−6.67%
	BJP	Master Mathan	41,231	6.25%
	IUML	K. M. Mohamed Zackariah	7,160	1.09%
Margin of victory			1,80,802	27.40%	3.94%
Turnout			6,59,884	62.24%	−5.73%
Registered electors			11,03,713		−0.13%
	INC hold		Swing	-2.74%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Prabhu	455,411	61.49%	1.18%
	DMK	S. A. Mahalingam	2,81,640	38.03%	0.99%
Margin of victory			1,73,771	23.46%	0.18%
Turnout			7,40,620	67.98%	−3.84%
Registered electors			11,05,096		33.51%
	INC hold		Swing	1.18%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Prabhu	341,824	60.31%
	DMK	C. T. Dhandapani	2,09,885	37.03%
	Independent	Kovai Ganesan	3,203	0.57%
	Independent	K. Devappan	2,988	0.53%
Margin of victory			1,31,939	23.28%	5.36%
Turnout			5,66,742	71.82%	5.39%
Registered electors			8,27,733		12.65%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	3.13%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	R. Prabhu	273,614	57.18%
	JP	T. T. S. Thippiah	1,87,871	39.26%
	JP(S)	G. S. Venkatachalam	8,827	1.84%
	Independent	K. P. Raju	2,846	0.59%
	Independent	J. Selavaraj	2,461	0.51%
Margin of victory			85,743	17.92%	4.21%
Turnout			4,78,505	66.43%	2.52%
Registered electors			7,34,760		5.63%
	INC(I) gain from AIADMK		Swing	1.33%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. S. Ramalingam	241,777	55.85%
	INC(O)	M. K. Nanja Gowder	1,82,431	42.14%	0.39%
	Independent	V. Subramaniam	5,057	1.17%
	Independent	Aadrpus Mayason	3,622	0.84%
Margin of victory			59,346	13.71%	−2.79%
Turnout			4,32,887	63.91%	−5.71%
Registered electors			6,95,566		25.58%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.40%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	J. Matha Gowder	215,654	58.25%
	INC(O)	Akkamma Devi	1,54,560	41.75%	−0.66%
Margin of victory			61,094	16.50%	10.86%
Turnout			3,70,214	69.62%	−2.69%
Registered electors			5,53,870		10.31%
	DMK gain from SWA		Swing	10.20%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	M. K. N. Gowder	167,712	48.06%
	INC	A. Devi	1,48,010	42.41%	−10.13%
	CPI	T. S. K. Gowder	33,275	9.53%
Margin of victory			19,702	5.65%	−22.68%
Turnout			3,48,997	72.31%	0.78%
Registered electors			5,02,089		11.46%
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	-4.48%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Akkamma Devi	163,420	52.54%	−6.62%
	CPI	M. E. Madhanan	75,299	24.21%
	SWA	A. K. Bheeman	72,337	23.26%
Margin of victory			88,121	28.33%	−3.40%
Turnout			3,11,056	71.53%	20.09%
Registered electors			4,50,481		12.02%
	INC hold		Swing	-6.62%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Nilgiris

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. Nanjappan	122,388	59.16%
	Independent	P. S. Bharathi	56,754	27.43%
	Independent	P. N. Mariappan	27,727	13.40%
	Independent	M. V. Ramachandra Naidu	0	0.00%
Margin of victory			65,634	31.73%
Turnout			2,06,869	51.44%
Registered electors			4,02,143
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Nilgiris district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha