Nilgiris is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in West Tamil Nadu of Tamil Nadu and is located in South India. Nilgiris Lok Sabha is reserved for Scheduled Caste.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 78.34%. There are 12,69,173 voters of which 6,29,707 are male and 6,39,433 are female and 33 voters of the third gender.
C Gopalakrishnan of AIADMK (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating DMK. AIADMK polled 4,63,700 of the total of 9,33,076 votes polled. DMK won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Nilgiris goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 73.55%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 19 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 6 |
| Reservation for | Scheduled Caste |
| Number of Voters | 12,69,173 |
| Number of Male Voters | 6,29,707 |
| Number of Female Voters | 6,39,433 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | AIADMK | DMK |
| Turnout % | 73.55% | 70.79% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,04,940 | 86,021 |
| Margin of Victory % | 11.25% | 12.11% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | AIADMK | DMK |
| Turnout % | 73.55% | 70.79% |
| Margin of Victory | 1,04,940 | 86,021 |
| Margin of Victory % | 11.25% | 12.11% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | 547832 | 54.20% | Raja, A.Winner |
| AIADMK | 342009 | 33.84% | Thiyagarajan, M. |
| MNM | 41169 | 4.07% | Rajenthiran, N. |
| IND | 40419 | 4.00% | Ramaswamy, M. |
| NOTA | 18149 | 1.80% | Nota |
| IND | 5229 | 0.52% | Subramani, M. |
| IND | 4747 | 0.47% | Rajarathinam, M. |
| BSP | 4088 | 0.40% | Ashok Kumar, R. |
| IND | 3257 | 0.32% | Raja, K. |
| IND | 2199 | 0.22% | Nagarajan, A. |
| IND | 1621 | 0.16% | Arumukam, P. |
