Constituency
394. Nilgiris
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-NILGIRIS
DMK 44.6%won by 12.1%MDMK 32.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 12.1%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- DMK vote shareDMK went from 0.0% to 44.6% of the vote here (+44.6%).
- New challengerMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.2% between them, down from 96.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 11.5% to 70.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,03,168
Turnout
70.8%
Valid votes
7,09,705
Margin
86,021
12.12%
Candidates
14 contested · winner DMK- 1RAJA ADravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK3,16,80244.6%
- 2KRISHNAN CMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK2,30,78132.5%
- 3SELVARAJ SDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK76,61310.8%
- 4BHADIRAN SKNMK · KNMK32,7764.6%
- 5GURUMURTHY SBharatiya Janata Party · BJP18,6902.6%
- 6VELMURUGAN CIndependent · IND11,9791.7%
- 7NAGARAJU GIndependent · IND8,8211.2%
- 8KRISHNAN MBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3,6000.5%
- 9THANGA PANDIAN RIndependent · IND3,2940.5%
- 10VIJAYARAJ MRPIA · RPIA1,3550.2%
- 11SUJITH KUMAR CIndependent · IND1,2850.2%
- 12SELVAM KIndependent · IND1,2610.2%
- 13ARUMUGAM PIndependent · IND1,2440.2%
- 14SIVARAJ PIndependent · IND1,2040.2%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- DMKflipped
- DMK–MDMK swing
- +12.1%
- DMK share
- 0.0% → 44.6%
- MDMK share
- 0.0% → 32.5%
- Turnout
- 59.3% → 70.8%