Gudalur Assembly constituency

11.50°N 76.50°E / 11.50; 76.50

Gudalur
Constituency No. 109 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nilgiris
Lok Sabha constituency	Nilgiris
Established	1967
Total electors	1,89,221[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Pon Jayaseelan
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Gudalur is a state assembly constituency in Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 109. 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] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. It comes under Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency.^[4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	K. H. Bomman		Swatantra Party
1977	K. Hutchi Gowder		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
1984			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
2016
2021	Pon Jayaseelan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

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%

2021

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%
Rejected ballots			488	0.36%
Registered electors			189,221
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-0.40%

2016

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%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur^[5]

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%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur^[6]

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%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur^[7]

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%
	JD(S)	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%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur^[8]

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%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. R. Raju	54,766	48.46%	41.90%
	CPI(M)	T. P. Kamalatchan	42,460	37.57%	5.09%
	IUML	Mohammed P K	7,618	6.74%
	BJP	I. Bhojan	7,305	6.46%
	THMM	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%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur^[10]

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%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur^[11]

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%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur^[12]

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%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur^[13]

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 SWA		Swing	-19.16%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	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
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	-3.79%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. Nanjam	20,675	49.24%
	SWA	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)