Nilgiris (Lok Sabha constituency)

Nilgiris
Nilgiris
Lok Sabha Constituency
	Nilgiris constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Incumbent	A. Raja
Parliamentary Party	DMK
Elected Year	2019 Election
Constituency Details
Established	1957-present
Reservation	Scheduled Caste
State	Tamil Nadu
Total Electors	13,65,608
Assembly Constituencies	Bhavanisagar (SC); Udhagamandalam; Gudalur (SC); Coonoor; Mettuppalayam; Avanashi (SC)

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.

Assembly segments[]

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

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
107.	Bhavanisagar	SC	Erode	AIADMK
108.	Udhagamandalam	None	The Nilgiris	INC
109.	Gudalur	SC	The Nilgiris	AIADMK
110.	Coonoor	None	The Nilgiris	DMK
111.	Mettuppalayam	None	Coimbatore	AIADMK
112.	Avanashi	SC	Tiruppur	AIADMK

Before 2009:

1.Mettupalayam

2.Avinashi (SC)

3.Thondamuthur

4.Kunnur (SC)

5.Udhagamandalam

6.Coodalur

Members of the Parliament[]

Key

DMK INC BJP AIADMK

Lok Sabha	Duration	Name of M.P.	Party Affiliation
Second	1957-62		Indian National Congress
Third	1962-67	Akkamma Devi	Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967-71		Swatantra Party
Fifth	1971-77	J. Matha Gowder	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	R. Prabhu	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-89	R. Prabhu	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-91	R. Prabhu	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1991-96	R. Prabhu	Indian National Congress
Elewenth	1996-98	S. R. Balasubramaniam	Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	M. Master Mathan	Bharatiya Janata Party
Thirteenth	1999-04	M. Master Mathan	Bharatiya Janata Party
Fourteenth	2004-2009	R. Prabhu	Indian National Congress
2009 onward, this constituency reserved for Scheduled Castes
Fifteenth	2009-2014	A. Raja	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2014-2019	C. Gopalakrishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventeenth	2019-Incumbent	A. 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
	none of the above	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

References[]

^ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
^ "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.
^ "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.
^ "General Election 2019 - Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 23 May 2019.
^ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf
^ http://blogs.thehindu.com/elections2009/?p=2796

External links[]

Nilgiris lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

[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] ttp://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf

[6] ttp://blogs.thehindu.com/elections2009/?p=2796

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234 Assembly constituencies

Nilgiris (Lok Sabha constituency)

Contents

Assembly segments[]

Members of the Parliament[]

Election results[]

2019^[4][]

2014[]

2009[]

2004[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

Nilgiris (Lok Sabha constituency)

Assembly segments[]

Members of the Parliament[]

Election results[]

2019[4][]

2014[]

2009[]

2004[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

2019^[4][]