Constituency
393. Nilgiris
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1999
IN-NILGIRIS
BJP 50.7%won by 3.3%INC 47.4%
What changed here
DerivedBharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.7% to 3.3%.
- Runner-up changedSecond place passed from TMCM (TMCM) to Indian National Congress (INC).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.2% of the vote between them, up from 84.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
13,48,475
Turnout
54.1%
Valid votes
7,29,000
Margin
23,959
3.29%
Candidates
8 contested · winner BJP- 1Mathan, M. (Alias) Master Mathan, M.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP3,69,82850.7%
- 2Prabhu, R.Indian National Congress · INC3,45,86947.4%
- 3Chinnaraj, C.Puthiya Tamilagam · PT7,6121.0%
- 4Sinnaramasamy, A.G.TDK · TDK1,9500.3%
- 5Ajmal, G.Independent · IND1,3060.2%
- 6Anandhakumar, L.Independent · IND1,2580.2%
- 7Rangaswamy Advocate, N.AJBP · AJBP8750.1%
- 8Shanmugam, R.Independent · IND3020.0%
Since 1998
Derived- Winner then
- BJP
- Winner now
- BJP
- BJP–INC swing
- −27.9%
- BJP share
- 46.5% → 50.7%
- INC share
- 15.4% → 47.4%
- Turnout
- 53.7% → 54.1%