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.

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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.

Assembly segments

2009-present

<table><thead><tr><th>Constituency number</th><th>Name</th><th>Reserved for (SC/ST/None)</th><th>District</th><th>Party</th><th>2024 Lead</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>107.</td><td>Bhavanisagar</td><td>SC</td><td>Erode</td><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td></td><td>DMK</td></tr><tr><td>108.</td><td>Udhagamandalam</td><td>None</td><td>Nilgiris</td><td></td><td>INC</td></tr><tr><td>109</td><td>Gudalur</td><td>SC</td><td></td><td>AIADMK</td></tr><tr><td>110.</td><td>Coonoor</td><td>None</td><td></td><td>DMK</td></tr><tr><td>111.</td><td>Mettuppalayam</td><td>None</td><td>Coimbatore</td><td></td><td>AIADMK</td></tr><tr><td>112.</td><td>Avanashi</td><td>SC</td><td>Tiruppur</td></tr></tbody></table>

Before 2009

• Mettupalayam • Avinashi (SC) • Thondamuthur (moved to Pollachi Constituency) • Coonoor (SC) • Udhagamandalam • Gudalur

Members of Parliament

Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>C.Nanjappa</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1962</td><td>Akkamma Devi</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>M.K. Nanja Gowder</td><td></td><td>Swatantra Party</td></tr><tr><td>1971</td><td>J. Matha Gowder</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>P. S Ramalingam</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>R. Prabhu</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1984</td></tr><tr><td>1989</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>S. R. Balasubramaniam</td><td></td><td>Tamil Maanila Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>Master Mathan</td><td></td><td>Bharatiya Janata Party</td></tr><tr><td>1999</td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>R. Prabhu</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>A. Raja</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>C. Gopalakrishnan</td><td></td><td>All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2019</td><td>A. Raja</td><td></td><td>Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

General Elections 2024

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

General Elections 2019

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

General Elections 2014

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

General Elections 2009

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

General Elections 2004

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

General Elections 1999

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

General Elections 1998

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

General Elections 1996

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

General Elections 1991

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

General Elections 1989

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

General Elections 1984

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

General Elections 1980

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

General Elections 1977

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

General Elections 1971

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

General Elections 1967

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

General Elections 1962

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

General Elections 1957

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