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Nilgiris Lok Sabha — MP & election results

Who is the MP of Nilgiris? — Raja A (DMK), who won the Lok Sabha Election 2024 by 2,40,585 votes. Below: history of 2 elections and every candidate's votes.
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MP · 2024

Raja A

DMK
Margin: 2,40,585Landslide

Election history — every MP of Nilgiris

2 elections · newest first

  1. 2024Jun 2024Raja ADMKCurrent MPLok Sabha Election 2024 · defeated Dr Murugan L (BJP)Margin2,40,585
  2. 2019May 2019Raja, A.DMKLok Sabha Election 2019 · defeated Thiyagarajan, M. (AIADMK)Margin2,05,823

Lok Sabha Election 2024 — results

Winner

Raja A

DMKLandslide

votes

4,73,212

Margin

2,40,585(23.6%)

Winner vs Runner-up

Raja A · DMKDr Murugan L · BJP
4,73,2122,32,627
Candidate (17)votes
  1. 1Raja A✓ WinnerDMK4,73,21246.44%
  2. 2Dr Murugan LBJP2,32,62722.83%
  3. 3Logesh Tamilselvan DAIADMK2,20,23021.61%
  4. 4Jayakumar ANaam Tamilar KatchiDeposit lost58,8215.77%
  5. 5NOTA13,0001.28%
  6. 6Vijayakumar DINDDeposit lost4,8080.47%
See all candidates (+11)
  1. 7Ganeshamoorthi ABSPDeposit lost3,0330.3%
  2. 8Badran MGanasangam Party of IndiaDeposit lost2,4250.24%
  3. 9Selvan NINDDeposit lost2,0540.2%
  4. 10Dhanabal RINDDeposit lost1,9280.19%
  5. 11Jayanthi MAmbedkarite Party of IndiaDeposit lost1,5560.15%
  6. 12Murugan YINDDeposit lost1,4130.14%
  7. 13MurugesanINDDeposit lost1,0590.1%
  8. 14Malarmannan MSamaniya Makkal Nala KatchiDeposit lost8200.08%
  9. 15Sathish MINDDeposit lost7400.07%
  10. 16Krishna KumarINDDeposit lost6150.06%
  11. 17Anbhuguru VINDDeposit lost5650.06%
Total votes10,18,906

Deposit lost: 13 of 16 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).

Electors & turnout — Lok Sabha election 2024

From the Election Commission of India's statistical report

Electors
14,28,889

incl. service voters

Votes cast
10,20,085

incl. 6,469 postal

Turnout
71.39%
Polling stations
1,619

Turnout of men and women

Women69.7%

5,16,309 of 7,40,765 voted on EVMs

Men72.3%

4,97,270 of 6,88,031 voted on EVMs

Third-gender electors: 93; 37 voted.

  • Candidates16 (1 women)
  • Lost deposit13
  • NOTA13,000
  • Valid votes10,05,906

Women candidates: Jayanthi M

Past elections

Lok Sabha Election 2019Winner: Raja, A. (DMK)Full result ▾
Candidate (11)votes
  1. 1Raja, A.✓ WinnerDMK5,47,83254.2%
  2. 2Thiyagarajan, M.AIADMK3,42,00933.84%
  3. 3Rajenthiran, N.Makkal Needhi MaiamDeposit lost41,1694.07%
See all candidates (+8)
  1. 4Ramaswamy, M.INDDeposit lost40,4194%
  2. 5NOTA18,1491.8%
  3. 6Subramani, M.INDDeposit lost5,2290.52%
  4. 7Rajarathinam, M.INDDeposit lost4,7470.47%
  5. 8Ashok Kumar, R.BSPDeposit lost4,0880.4%
  6. 9Raja, K.INDDeposit lost3,2570.32%
  7. 10Nagarajan, A.INDDeposit lost2,1990.22%
  8. 11Arumukam, P.INDDeposit lost1,6210.16%
Total votes10,10,719

Lok Sabha Election 2019 — full result page →

Assembly segments

Frequently asked questions

Who is the MP of Nilgiris?

Raja A (DMK) won Nilgiris in the Lok Sabha Election 2024 with 4,73,212 votes.

What was the winning margin in Nilgiris?

Raja A defeated Dr Murugan L (BJP) by 2,40,585 votes.

Who were the previous MPs of Nilgiris?

2019: Raja, A. (DMK)

What was the turnout in Nilgiris in 2024?

71.39% — 10,20,085 of 14,28,889 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 69.7%, men's 72.3%.

How many voters does Nilgiris have?

14,28,889 electors at the 2024 election — 6,88,031 men, 7,40,765 women, 93 third gender (service voters included), and 1,619 polling stations.

Source: eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2024/1 · eci.gov.in/statistical-report/ge/2019/cat/1551 · verify with the original source for official use · Disclaimer