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Gudalur Assembly constituency

Coordinates: 11°30′N 76°30′E / 11.50°N 76.50°E / 11.50; 76.50


Gudalur is a state assembly constituency in Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu.[2] 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.[3]

Gudalur
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constitution-Gudalur.svg
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictNilgiris
LS constituencyNilgiris
Total electors1,89,221[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAPon Jayaseelan
Party  AIADMK  
Elected year2021

Members of the Legislative AssemblyEdit

Year Winner Party
1971 K. H. Bomman Swatarna Party
1977 K. Hutchi Gowder Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 K. Hutchi Gowder Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 K. Hutchi Gowder All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 M. K. Kareem Indian National Congress
1991 K. R. Raju All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 B. M. Mubarak Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 A. Miller All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 K. Ramachandran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 M. Thiravidamani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 M. Thiravidamani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Pon Jayaseelan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election resultsEdit

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 47.00%
2016
 
 47.39%
2011
 
 58.67%
2006
 
 51.72%
2001
 
 57.43%
1996
 
 59.43%
1991
 
 48.46%
1989
 
 33.61%
1984
 
 57.80%
1980
 
 58.39%
1977
 
 26.29%
1971
 
 45.45%
1967
 
 49.24%

2021Edit

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur
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%
Registered electors 189,221
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -0.40%

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2016Edit

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur
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%

2011Edit

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur[4]
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%

2006Edit

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur[5]
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%

2001Edit

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur[6]
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%
[[Janata Dal (Secular)|Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/shortname]] 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%

1996Edit

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur[7]
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%

1991Edit

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur[8]
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%
style="background-color: Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Tharasu Makkal Mandram|Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/shortname]] 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%

1989Edit

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur[9]
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%

1984Edit

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur[10]
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%

1980Edit

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur[11]
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%

1977Edit

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur[12]
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 Swatantra Party Swing -19.16%

1971Edit

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]] 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
Swatantra Party gain from INC Swing -3.79%

1967Edit

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Gudalur[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC C. Nanjam 20,675 49.24%
[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]] 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)

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. ↑ Radhakrishnan, D. (10 April 2011). "It will not be a cakewalk for DMDK, DMK in Gudalur". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  5. ↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  6. ↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  8. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  9. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  10. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  11. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  14. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
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