Constituency
372. Nilgiris
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-NILGIRIS
INC 58.8%won by 27.4%DMK 31.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 23.5% to 27.4%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.1% between them, down from 99.5% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 7.2% to 59.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,03,713
Turnout
59.8%
Valid votes
6,59,884
Margin
1,80,802
27.40%
Candidates
18 contested · winner INC- 1PRABHU R.Indian National Congress · INC3,87,70758.8%
- 2DORAISAMY S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK2,06,90531.4%
- 3MATHAN M. MASTERBharatiya Janata Party · BJP41,2316.2%
- 4MOHAMED ZACKARIAH K.M.MUL · MUL7,1601.1%
- 5SUBBURASU N.Independent · IND2,6190.4%
- 6VIJAYAN KIndependent · IND2,0280.3%
- 7POORANCHANDRAN R.Independent · IND2,0010.3%
- 8NEELAMALAI RAJAIndependent · IND1,7910.3%
- 9GANESAN M.Independent · IND1,2630.2%
- 10LOGANATHAN V.Independent · IND1,0860.2%
- 11KARUPPASAMI K.Independent · IND1,0470.2%
- 12SUBHULAXMI P. (W)Independent · IND9990.2%
- 13JAYARAJ N.B.TMM · TMM9000.1%
- 14CHINNARAJ S.Independent · IND7780.1%
- 15MUTHUSWAMY M.Independent · IND7300.1%
- 16MUGILAN M.Independent · IND7240.1%
- 17UNNIKRISHNANIndependent · IND5180.1%
- 18MAHENDRA KUMAR M.Independent · IND3970.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- +3.9%
- INC share
- 61.5% → 58.8%
- DMK share
- 38.0% → 31.4%
- Turnout
- 67.0% → 59.8%