Udagamandalam Assembly constituency

Udhagamandalam
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	188,826
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent M. Bhojarajan
Party	BJP
Alliance	NDA
Elected year	2026

11.41°N 76.70°E / 11.41; 76.70

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictNilgiris

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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.^[1] 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.

[1]

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

Year	Winner
1971	M. Devarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	B. Gopalan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. Kallan	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	K. Kallan	Indian National Congress
1989	H. M. Raju
1991	H. M. Raju
1996	T. Gundan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	H. M. Raju	Indian National Congress
2006	B. Gopalan	Indian National Congress
2011	Budhichandhiran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	R. Ganesh	Indian National Congress
2021	R. Ganesh	Indian National Congress
2026	M. Bhojarajan	Bharatiya Janata Party


2026			32.61%
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%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	M. Bhojarajan^[2]	48,488	32.61	−10.46
	TVK	R. Ibrahim	47,512	31.95	New
	INC	B. Ramachandran	45,658	30.70	−16.2
	NTK	Ragupathy Bheeman	4,641	3.12
	NOTA	NOTA	1,525	1.03
Margin of victory
Turnout			148704
Rejected ballots
Registered electors			187,425
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

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%

Udagamandalam Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Tamil Nadu

Election results

2026

2021

2016

2011

2006

2001

1996

1991

1989

1984

1980

1977

1971

1967

1962

1957

References

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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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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%

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 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%

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%

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%

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)