Udagamandalam Assembly constituency

11.41°N 76.70°E / 11.41; 76.70

Udhagamandalam
Constituency No. 108 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Nilgiris
Lok Sabha constituency	Nilgiris
Established	1957
Total electors	2,05,882[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent R. Ganesh
Party	INC
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Udagamandalam or 'Udhagamandalam' is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 108. It comes under Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency.^[2] The constituency has been in existence since the 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1957	B. K. Linga Gowder		Indian National Congress
1962	T. Karchan
1967	K. Bojan		Swatantra Party

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	M. Devarajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	B. Gopalan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. Kallan		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	H. M. Raju
1991
1996	T. Gundan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	H. M. Raju		Indian National Congress
2006	B. Gopalan
2011	Budhichandhiran		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	R. Ganesh		Indian National Congress
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			46.90%
2016			48.34%
2011			50.22%
2006			47.55%
2001			62.67%
1996			70.25%
1991			60.79%
1989			36.76%
1984			62.99%
1980			51.82%
1977			28.94%
1971			56.32%
1967			68.03%
1962			49.57%
1957			56.56%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Udhagamandalam^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Ganesh	65,530	46.90%	−1.44
	BJP	M. Bhojarajan	60,182	43.07%	+38.92
	NTK	A. Jayakumar	6,381	4.57%	+4.03
	MNM	Dr. S. Suresh Babu	4,935	3.53%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,376	0.98%	−1.09
	AMMK	T. Lakshmanan	1,273	0.91%	New
Margin of victory			5,348	3.83%	−3.61%
Turnout			139,726	67.87%	−1.21%
Rejected ballots			357	0.26%
Registered electors			205,882
	INC hold		Swing	-1.44%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Udhagamandalam^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	R. Ganesh	67,747	48.34%	+4.27
	AIADMK	Vinoth	57,329	40.90%	−9.31
	BJP	Raman	5,818	4.15%	+1.94
	DMDK	K. King Narcissus	3,111	2.22%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,912	2.08%	New
	PMK	M. Balraj	781	0.56%	New
	NTK	R. Jagan	748	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			10,418	7.43%	1.28%
Turnout			140,155	69.08%	−2.21%
Registered electors			202,898
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	-1.88%

2011

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Budhichandhiran	61,605	50.22%	+7.43
	INC	R. Ganesh	54,060	44.07%	−3.48
	BJP	B. Kumaran	2,716	2.21%	+0.65
	Independent	D. Selvaraj	1,743	1.42%	New
Margin of victory			7,545	6.15%	1.39%
Turnout			122,675	71.29%	7.81%
Registered electors			172,086
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	2.67%

2006

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. Gopalan	45,551	47.55%	−15.12
	AIADMK	K. N. Dorai	40,992	42.79%	New
	DMDK	J. Benjamin Jacob	4,963	5.18%	New
	BJP	R. Murugesan	1,499	1.56%	−30.65
	AIFB	J. Anand Kumar	932	0.97%	New
	Independent	A. Sasi Kumar	758	0.79%	New
	Independent	R. Krishnan	498	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			4,559	4.76%	−25.69%
Turnout			95,797	63.48%	11.81%
Registered electors			150,906
	INC hold		Swing	-15.12%

2001

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. M. Raju	59,872	62.67%	+40.01
	BJP	J. Hutchi Gowder	30,782	32.22%	+30.08
	JP	M. Alwas	1,606	1.68%	New
	Independent	Sri Hari K	1,067	1.12%	New
	JD(S)	H. T. Bojan	1,033	1.08%	New
	Independent	K. N. K. Nanjundan	626	0.66%	New
Margin of victory			29,090	30.45%	−17.15%
Turnout			95,538	51.67%	−11.48%
Registered electors			184,958
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-7.58%

1996

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Gundan	69,636	70.25%	+38.93
	INC	H. M. Raju	22,456	22.65%	−38.14
	JD	N. Chickiah	4,245	4.28%	New
	BJP	V. Gopalakrishnan	2,117	2.14%	−3.02
Margin of victory			47,180	47.60%	18.12%
Turnout			99,128	63.15%	6.44%
Registered electors			165,251
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	9.46%

1991

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. M. Raju	53,389	60.79%	+24.03
	DMK	H. Natraj	27,502	31.31%	−4.61
	BJP	N. Krishnappa Advocate	4,527	5.15%	New
	Independent	Neelamalai Raja	1,251	1.42%	New
Margin of victory			25,887	29.47%	28.64%
Turnout			87,827	56.71%	−12.98%
Registered electors			159,035
	INC hold		Swing	24.03%

1989

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	H. M. Raju	35,541	36.76%	−26.23
	DMK	T. Gundan	34,735	35.93%	+0.48
	AIADMK	N. Gangadaran	19,281	19.94%	New
	Independent	Neelamalai Raja	5,248	5.43%	New
	Independent	A. Mohamed Azam	513	0.53%	New
	Independent	V. Longanathan	503	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			806	0.83%	−26.71%
Turnout			96,683	69.69%	0.59%
Registered electors			141,234
	INC hold		Swing	-26.23%

1984

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Kallan	52,145	62.99%	+11.17
	DMK	S. A. Mahalingam	29,345	35.45%	New
	Independent	K. Belli	1,293	1.56%	New
Margin of victory			22,800	27.54%	13.10%
Turnout			82,783	69.11%	6.93%
Registered electors			124,026
	INC hold		Swing	11.17%

1980

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Kallan	35,528	51.82%	+36.55
	AIADMK	B. Gopalan	25,628	37.38%	+8.44
	JP	N. Chickiah	7,184	10.48%	New
Margin of victory			9,900	14.44%	14.23%
Turnout			68,560	62.18%	1.22%
Registered electors			111,534
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	22.88%

1977

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. Gopalan	18,134	28.94%	New
	DMK	K. Karuppasamy	18,005	28.74%	−27.58
	JP	A. Manian	16,946	27.05%	New
	INC	M. B. Raman	9,567	15.27%	New
Margin of victory			129	0.21%	−21.69%
Turnout			62,652	60.95%	−8.73%
Registered electors			104,067
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-27.37%

1971

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Devarajan	28,901	56.32%	New
	SWA	M. B. Nanjan	17,662	34.42%	New
	Independent	M. B. Raman	2,312	4.51%	New
	Independent	N. Bojan	1,388	2.70%	New
	Independent	A. R. Md. Ismail	677	1.32%	New
	Independent	G. Yovan	378	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			11,239	21.90%	−14.16%
Turnout			51,318	69.68%	−5.70%
Registered electors			79,000
	DMK gain from SWA		Swing	-11.71%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Udhagamandalam^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	K. Bojan	37,525	68.03%	New
	INC	T. K. Gowder	17,636	31.97%	−17.6
Margin of victory			19,889	36.06%	26.13%
Turnout			55,161	75.39%	7.49%
Registered electors			74,843
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	18.46%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Udhagamandalam^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Karchan	32,860	49.57%	−6.99
	SWA	K. Bojan	26,278	39.64%	New
	CPI	K. Rajan	6,514	9.83%	New
	Independent	Verghese Joseph (Babooji)	402	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			6,582	9.93%	−40.24%
Turnout			66,291	67.89%	19.14%
Registered electors			100,904
	INC hold		Swing	-6.99%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Udhagamandalam^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	B. K. Linga Gowder	22,595	56.56%	New
	Independent	S. M. Sanjeevi Raju	2,556	6.40%	New
Margin of victory			20,039	50.16%
Turnout			39,947	48.76%
Registered electors			81,929
	INC win (new seat)