Gudalur (state Assembly Constituency)
11°30′N 76°30′E / 11.50°N 76.50°E
| Gudalur | |
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| Constituency No. 109 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Nilgiris |
| LS constituency | Nilgiris |
| Total electors | 1,89,221 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Gudalur is a state assembly constituency in Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 109. It comes under 'The Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency'. It was created from changes made to the Udagamandalam constituency in 1967 and was initially reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. The reservation criteria ceased in 1977 but were reinstated for the 2011 elections. In between, the 2008 boundary changes had made it smaller. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. It comes under 'The Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Pon Jayaseelan | 64,496 | 47.00% | 9.81% | |
| DMK | S. Kasilingam | 62,551 | 45.58% | −1.81% | |
| NTK | R. Ketheeswaran | 7,317 | 5.33% | 3.54% | |
| DMDK | A. Yogeswaran | 1,173 | 0.85% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 1,017 | 0.74% | −0.65% | |
| MNM | J. Babu | 960 | 0.70% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,945 | 1.42% | −8.79% | ||
| Turnout | 137,240 | 72.53% | −0.25% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 488 | 0.36% | |||
| Registered electors | 189,221 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -0.40% | |||
2016
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | M. Thiravidamani | 62,128 | 47.39% | −11.27% | |
| AIADMK | S. Kalaiselvan | 48,749 | 37.19% | ||
| CPI(M) | P. Tamilmani | 9,044 | 6.90% | ||
| BJP | P. M. Parasuraman | 5,548 | 4.23% | 0.95% | |
| NTK | S. Karmegam | 2,347 | 1.79% | ||
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 1,825 | 1.39% | ||
| PMK | R. Murugesan @ Murugesh | 684 | 0.52% | ||
| Independent | G. Kamaraj | 468 | 0.36% | ||
| Independent | R. P. Chenguttuvan | 302 | 0.23% | ||
| Margin of victory | 13,379 | 10.21% | −13.81% | ||
| Turnout | 131,095 | 72.78% | 1.27% | ||
| Registered electors | 180,136 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | -11.27% | |||
2011
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | M. Thiravidamani | 66,871 | 58.67% | 6.94% | |
| DMDK | S. Selvaraj | 39,497 | 34.65% | 29.12% | |
| BJP | D. Anbarasan | 3,741 | 3.28% | 0.30% | |
| Independent | S. Viswanathan | 2,288 | 2.01% | ||
| Independent | K. Senthilkumar | 1,588 | 1.39% | ||
| Margin of victory | 27,374 | 24.02% | 9.90% | ||
| Turnout | 159,402 | 71.51% | 3.47% | ||
| Registered electors | 113,985 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | 6.94% | |||
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. Ramachandran | 74,147 | 51.72% | 18.12% | |
| AIADMK | A. Miller | 53,915 | 37.61% | −19.82% | |
| DMDK | L. Krishnamurthy | 7,935 | 5.54% | ||
| BJP | B. Kumaran | 4,270 | 2.98% | ||
| Independent | V. S. Johnson | 1,030 | 0.72% | ||
| Independent | M. Rajammal | 828 | 0.58% | ||
| Independent | I. Devadass | 753 | 0.53% | ||
| Independent | V. Duraiswamy | 474 | 0.33% | ||
| Margin of victory | 20,232 | 14.11% | −9.71% | ||
| Turnout | 143,352 | 68.04% | 8.10% | ||
| Registered electors | 210,699 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -5.71% | |||
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | A. Miller | 78,809 | 57.43% | 35.09% | |
| DMK | M. Pandiaraj | 46,116 | 33.61% | −25.82% | |
| MDMK | I. N. Nanjan | 6,091 | 4.44% | ||
| JD(S) | K. T. Bellie | 2,860 | 2.08% | ||
| Independent | K. V. Balan | 1,407 | 1.03% | ||
| Independent | C. E. M. Abdul Azeez | 1,092 | 0.80% | ||
| Independent | M. Thangavel | 840 | 0.61% | ||
| Margin of victory | 32,693 | 23.83% | −13.26% | ||
| Turnout | 137,215 | 59.93% | −4.97% | ||
| Registered electors | 229,078 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -2.00% | |||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | B. M. Mubarak | 73,565 | 59.43% | ||
| AIADMK | K. R. Raju | 27,660 | 22.35% | −26.12% | |
| CPI(M) | N. Vasu | 12,978 | 10.48% | −27.09% | |
| BJP | I. Bhojan | 5,359 | 4.33% | −2.13% | |
| JP | M. Alwas | 1,115 | 0.90% | ||
| PMK | C. Santhanam | 1,006 | 0.81% | ||
| Independent | R. Periasamy | 433 | 0.35% | ||
| Independent | R. M. Sabiyulla | 416 | 0.34% | ||
| Independent | L. Chandramohan | 299 | 0.24% | ||
| Independent | K. K. Balan | 250 | 0.20% | ||
| Independent | K. Ravindran | 165 | 0.13% | ||
| Margin of victory | 45,905 | 37.08% | 26.20% | ||
| Turnout | 123,784 | 64.90% | 0.52% | ||
| Registered electors | 199,758 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 10.97% | |||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. R. Raju | 54,766 | 48.46% | 41.90% | |
| CPI(M) | T. P. Kamalatchan | 42,460 | 37.57% | 5.09% | |
| K. Arumugam | 7,618 | 6.74% | |||
| BJP | I. Bhojan | 7,305 | 6.46% | ||
| THMM | A. Narayanan | 310 | 0.27% | ||
| Independent | C. Manickam | 192 | 0.17% | ||
| PMK | M. K. Asokan | 184 | 0.16% | ||
| Independent | M. Sahul Hameed | 173 | 0.15% | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,306 | 10.89% | 9.76% | ||
| Turnout | 113,008 | 64.38% | −8.87% | ||
| Registered electors | 181,632 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | 14.85% | |||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. K. Kareem | 38,147 | 33.61% | ||
| CPI(M) | T. P. Kamalatchan | 36,867 | 32.49% | ||
| CPI | A. Ballie | 19,324 | 17.03% | ||
| AIADMK | K. Hutchi Gowder | 7,446 | 6.56% | −51.24% | |
| Independent | R. Singaram | 5,799 | 5.11% | ||
| Independent | I. Bhoja | 3,932 | 3.46% | ||
| Independent | M. J. Cherian | 1,110 | 0.98% | ||
| Independent | A. Thangavel | 255 | 0.22% | ||
| Independent | K. Palaniammal | 253 | 0.22% | ||
| Independent | S. Raju | 107 | 0.09% | ||
| Independent | R. Bellarmin | 107 | 0.09% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,280 | 1.13% | −17.00% | ||
| Turnout | 113,489 | 73.25% | 1.47% | ||
| Registered electors | 158,479 | ||||
| INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -24.18% | |||
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. Hutchi Gowder | 52,470 | 57.80% | ||
| DMK | K. Karuppusamy | 36,013 | 39.67% | −18.72% | |
| Independent | K. Gangadharan | 584 | 0.64% | ||
| Independent | S. Ameer Sabi | 562 | 0.62% | ||
| Independent | M. I. Samsudeen | 536 | 0.59% | ||
| Independent | I. Devadass | 276 | 0.30% | ||
| Independent | A. Thangavelu | 198 | 0.22% | ||
| Independent | P. Perumal | 144 | 0.16% | ||
| Margin of victory | 16,457 | 18.13% | −2.74% | ||
| Turnout | 90,783 | 71.78% | 15.89% | ||
| Registered electors | 132,008 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -0.59% | |||
1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. Hutchi Gowder | 36,780 | 58.39% | 32.10% | |
| CPI | M. S. Narayanan Nair | 23,636 | 37.52% | ||
| Independent | R. Subramaniam | 2,362 | 3.75% | ||
| Independent | A. Bellie | 212 | 0.34% | ||
| Margin of victory | 13,144 | 20.87% | 20.25% | ||
| Turnout | 62,990 | 55.89% | −7.65% | ||
| Registered electors | 114,612 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | 32.10% | |||
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | K. Hutchi Gowder | 15,323 | 26.29% | ||
| Independent | C. I. Allapitchai | 14,963 | 25.68% | ||
| INC | K. Kallan | 10,196 | 17.50% | ||
| JP | K. M. Hiria Gowder | 6,915 | 11.87% | ||
| Independent | K. Baby | 5,364 | 9.20% | ||
| Independent | K. Gopalakrishnan Nair | 2,406 | 4.13% | ||
| Independent | M. J. Cherian Vakil | 1,107 | 1.90% | ||
| Independent | R. Kuppuswamy | 1,014 | 1.74% | ||
| Independent | V. N. Krishnan Kutty Nair | 291 | 0.50% | ||
| Independent | K. Raman Kutty | 248 | 0.43% | ||
| Independent | V. Sivaraman | 188 | 0.32% | ||
| Margin of victory | 360 | 0.62% | −4.15% | ||
| Turnout | 58,276 | 63.53% | 8.18% | ||
| Registered electors | 93,409 | ||||
| DMK gain from SWA | Swing | -19.16% | |||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA | K. H. Bomman | 18,519 | 45.45% | ||
| CPI | K. Putta | 16,578 | 40.69% | ||
| CPI(M) | K. Rajan | 5,648 | 13.86% | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,941 | 4.76% | 3.27% | ||
| Turnout | 40,745 | 55.36% | −7.72% | ||
| Registered electors | 81,325 | ||||
| SWA gain from INC | Swing | -3.79% | |||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | C. Nanjam | 20,675 | 49.24% | ||
| SWA | Bomman | 20,047 | 47.74% | ||
| Independent | Madaswamy | 1,266 | 3.02% | ||
| Margin of victory | 628 | 1.50% | |||
| Turnout | 41,988 | 63.07% | |||
| Registered electors | 69,434 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
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