Nilgiris (Lok Sabha constituency)

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

Nilgiris
Lok Sabha Constituency
Nilgiris constituency, post-2008 delimitation
IncumbentA. Raja
Parliamentary PartyDMK
Elected Year2019 Election
Constituency Details
Established1957-present
ReservationScheduled Caste
StateTamil Nadu
Total Electors1,003,168[1]
Assembly Constituencies107. Bhavanisagar
108. Udhagamandalam
109. Gudalur (SC)
110. Coonoor
111. Mettuppalayam
112. Avanashi (SC)

Assembly segments

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

  1. Mettupalayam
  2. Avanashi (SC)
  3. Bhavanisagar(SC)
  4. Coonoor (SC)
  5. Ootacamund
  6. Gudalur

Members of the Parliament

Key

  DMK     INC     BJP     AIADMK  

Lok SabhaDurationName of M.P.Party Affiliation
Second1957-62C.NanjappaIndian National Congress
Third1962-67Akkamma DeviIndian National Congress
Fourth1967-71M.K. Nanja GowderSwatantra Party
Fifth1971-77J. Matha GowderDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth1977-80P. S RamalingamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh1980-84R. PrabhuIndian National Congress
Eighth1984-89R. PrabhuIndian National Congress
Ninth1989-91R. PrabhuIndian National Congress
Tenth1991-96R. PrabhuIndian National Congress
Elewenth1996-98S. R. BalasubramaniamTamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth1998-99M. Master MathanBharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth1999-04M. Master MathanBharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth2004-2009R. PrabhuIndian National Congress
2009 onward, this constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes
Fifteenth2009-2014A. RajaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth2014-2019C. GopalakrishnanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventeenth2019-IncumbentA. Raja[3] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2019[4]
2019 Indian general elections: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Andimuthu Raja 5,47,832 54.20
AIADMK M. Thiagarajan 3,42,009 33.84
MNM Rajendran 41,169 4.07
AMMK M. Ramasamy IAS(Retd) 40,419 4.00
NOTA None of the Above 18,149 1.8 N/A
Majority 2,05,823
Turnout 10,11,049 74.01
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

2014
2014 Indian general elections: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK C. Gopalakrishnan 4,63,700 49.7 +11.3
DMK A. Raja 3,58,760 38.4 N/A
INC P. Gandhi 37,702 4.04 N/A
NOTA None of the above 46,559 4.99 N/A
Majority 1,24,002 7.88 -23.6
Turnout 9,33,493 74.60 +2.6
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing +11.3

2009
2009 Indian general elections: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Raja[5] 3,16,303 44.64 +16.69
MDMK Krishnan C[6] 2,30,756 32.52 -16.81
DMDK Selvaraj S 76,613 10.80 -16.81
KNMK Bhadiran S 32,776 4.62 -16.81
BJP S. Guroomurthy 18,690 2.63 -16.81
Majority 85,547 30.28 +27.05
Turnout 7,09,705 70.80 +11.7
DMK gain from MDMK Swing 16.69

2004
2004 Indian general elections: Nilgiris
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC R. Prabhu 4,94,121 63.5 +16.9
BJP M. Master Mathan 2,57,619 33.01 -16.81
Independent Pappannan. T. K 10,649 1.36 n/a
Majority 2,36,502 30.40 +27.05
Turnout 7,81,152 59.29 +4.21
INC gain from BJP Swing 16.69

See also

References
  1. GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
  2. "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  3. "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
  5. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf
  6. http://blogs.thehindu.com/elections2009/?p=2796

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