# Coonoor Assembly constituency

Coonoor is a state assembly constituency in Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 110. It comes under Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency. It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

## Members of Legislative Assembly
### Madras State

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1957 | J. Matha Gowder | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | J. Matha Gowder | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | B. Gowder | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

### Tamil Nadu

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 1971 | J. Karunainathan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1977 | K. Rangasamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980 | M. Ranganathan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1984 | M. Sivakumar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1989 | N. Thangavel | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1991 | M. Karuppasamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1996 | N. Thangavel | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1997 | M. Ranganathan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2001 | K. Kandaswamy | Tamil Maanila Congress |
| 2006 | A. Soundarapandian | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2011 | K. Ramachandran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2016 | A. Ramu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | K. Ramachandran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results
### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | K. Ramachandran | 61,820 | 45.89% | 2.93% |
| | AIADMK | Vinoth. D. | 57,715 | 42.84% | −2.87% |
| | NTK | Lavanya. M. | 7,252 | 5.38% | 4.77% |
| | MNM | Rajakumar. H. B. | 3,621 | 2.69% | |
| | AMMK | Kalaiselvan. S. | 2,527 | 1.88% | |
| | NOTA | Nota | 1,188 | 0.88% | −0.81% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,105 | 3.05% | 0.30% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,34,720 | 70.20% | −1.51% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 123 | 0.09% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,91,913 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 0.18% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Ramu. A. | 61,650 | 45.71% | |
| | DMK | Mubarak. B. M. | 57,940 | 42.96% | −7.70% |
| | DMDK | Chidambaram. V. | 3,989 | 2.96% | |
| | BJP | Kumaran. B. | 3,547 | 2.63% | 0.12% |
| | Independent | Dharmaraj. S. | 2,319 | 1.72% | |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 2,283 | 1.69% | |
| | NTK | Ramasamy. P. | 822 | 0.61% | |
| | Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazagham | Sivakumar. R. | 559 | 0.41% | |
| | PMK | Senthil Kumar. P. | 469 | 0.35% | |
| | Independent | Sekar. M. | 390 | 0.29% | |
| | Independent | Naresh Desingh. D. | 343 | 0.25% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,710 | 2.75% | −4.93% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,34,870 | 71.71% | −1.36% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,88,075 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -4.95% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | K. Ramachandran | 61,302 | 50.66% | 3.30% |
| | CPI | Bellie. A | 52,010 | 42.98% | |
| | BJP | Alwas. M | 3,040 | 2.51% | 0.70% |
| | Independent | Abdul Wahab | 1,231 | 1.02% | |
| | Independent | Jothilingam. R | 871 | 0.72% | |
| | Independent | Mathivanan. V | 803 | 0.66% | |
| | BSP | Leon Gerald Thilak. M. G. | 798 | 0.66% | 0.06% |
| | Independent | Esakkimuthu. V | 612 | 0.51% | |
| | IJK | Lenin. N | 348 | 0.29% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,292 | 7.68% | 1.71% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,65,620 | 73.07% | 8.22% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,21,015 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 3.30% | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Soundarapandian. A | 45,303 | 47.36% | 8.98% |
| | AIADMK | Selvaraj. M | 39,589 | 41.38% | |
| | DMDK | Chidambaram. V | 7,227 | 7.55% | |
| | BJP | Anbarasan (Alias) Anbu. D | 1,729 | 1.81% | |
| | Independent | Ramachandran. P | 594 | 0.62% | |
| | BSP | Theinmathi. P | 569 | 0.59% | |
| | Independent | Annakili. A | 405 | 0.42% | |
| | AIFB | Arumugam. P | 250 | 0.26% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,714 | 5.97% | −11.52% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,666 | 64.85% | 11.84% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,47,524 | | |
| | DMK gain from TMC(M) | DMK gain from TMC(M) | Swing | -8.51% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | TMC(M) | Kandasamy K | 53,156 | 55.86% | |
| | DMK | Mahaliappan E. M. | 36,512 | 38.37% | −25.90% |
| | MDMK | Vijayakumar R | 3,230 | 3.39% | 0.40% |
| | Independent | Vetrivel Sivakumar K | 1,546 | 1.62% | |
| | Independent | Nallasamy M | 711 | 0.75% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,644 | 17.49% | −18.22% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,155 | 53.00% | −11.60% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,79,568 | | |
| | TMC(M) gain from DMK | TMC(M) gain from DMK | Swing | -8.40% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | N. Thangavel | 63,919 | 64.27% | 29.41% |
| | AIADMK | Karuppusamy. S. | 28,404 | 28.56% | −30.84% |
| | BJP | Eswaran. T. | 3,371 | 3.39% | −1.43% |
| | MDMK | Selvaraj. S. | 2,983 | 3.00% | |
| | ATMK | Anbalagan. A. | 164 | 0.16% | |
| | Independent | Navaneetham. K. | 151 | 0.15% | |
| | Independent | Dhinakaran. K. | 151 | 0.15% | |
| | Independent | Mani. K. P. | 72 | 0.07% | |
| | Independent | Velusamy. M. | 71 | 0.07% | |
| | Independent | Annadurai. R. | 67 | 0.07% | |
| | Independent | Karuppiah. R. | 64 | 0.06% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 35,515 | 35.71% | 11.16% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 99,459 | 64.61% | 4.54% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,61,044 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 4.87% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Karuppusamy M. | 53,608 | 59.40% | 44.25% |
| | DMK | Mahaliappan E. M. | 31,457 | 34.86% | −7.53% |
| | BJP | Shanmugam A. | 4,352 | 4.82% | |
| | PMK | Saradha B. | 218 | 0.24% | |
| | Independent | Komali L. | 140 | 0.16% | |
| | Independent | Mohan K. | 139 | 0.15% | |
| | THMM | Rajeswari S. | 119 | 0.13% | |
| | Independent | Ponnazhagan A. | 83 | 0.09% | |
| | Independent | Kandasamy M. | 78 | 0.09% | |
| | Independent | Veluswamy M. | 55 | 0.06% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,151 | 24.54% | 13.00% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 90,249 | 60.07% | −10.84% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,55,447 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 17.02% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | N. Thangavel | 40,974 | 42.38% | 0.27% |
| | INC | Arumugham. P. | 29,814 | 30.84% | |
| | AIADMK | Manimaran. S. | 14,648 | 15.15% | −41.55% |
| | AIADMK | Ponnuraj. T. | 10,672 | 11.04% | −45.66% |
| | Independent | Ponnazhagan. A. | 278 | 0.29% | |
| | Independent | Raju. K. | 123 | 0.13% | |
| | Independent | Ammasan. A. | 106 | 0.11% | |
| | Independent | Veluswami. M. | 63 | 0.07% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,160 | 11.54% | −3.05% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 96,678 | 70.91% | 0.33% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,38,919 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -14.32% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | M. Sivakumar | 47,113 | 56.70% | 19.12% |
| | DMK | M. Ranganathan | 34,990 | 42.11% | −14.74% |
| | Independent | Komali | 993 | 1.20% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,123 | 14.59% | −4.68% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 83,096 | 70.58% | 16.07% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,23,350 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -0.15% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Ranganathan. M. | 34,424 | 56.85% | 14.52% |
| | AIADMK | Periasamy. C. | 22,756 | 37.58% | 13.00% |
| | JP | Mahaliappan. E. M. | 3,217 | 5.31% | |
| | Independent | Balasubramaniam. A. | 158 | 0.26% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,668 | 19.27% | 1.51% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,555 | 54.51% | 2.84% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,12,613 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 14.52% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | K. Rangasamy | 22,649 | 42.33% | −18.51% |
| | AIADMK | C. Periasamy | 13,150 | 24.58% | |
| | INC | K. Chandran | 8,829 | 16.50% | −11.37% |
| | JP | C.P. Krishiah | 7,888 | 14.74% | |
| | Independent | L. Komali | 341 | 0.64% | |
| | Independent | A. Chelliah | 257 | 0.48% | |
| | Independent | M.R. Ramasamy | 210 | 0.39% | |
| | Independent | A. Shanmugam | 144 | 0.27% | |
| | Independent | R. Muthuswamy | 37 | 0.07% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,499 | 17.75% | −15.21% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,505 | 51.67% | −17.01% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,05,169 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -18.51% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | J. Karunainathan | 33,451 | 60.84% | 2.10% |
| | INC | N. Andy | 15,325 | 27.87% | −13.39% |
| | Independent | M. M. Raman | 4,354 | 7.92% | |
| | ABJS | I. Doraiswamy | 1,603 | 2.92% | |
| | Independent | D. R. Bojaraj | 129 | 0.23% | |
| | Independent | A. K. Bheeman | 120 | 0.22% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,126 | 32.97% | 15.50% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,982 | 68.68% | −5.01% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 83,756 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 2.10% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | B. Gowder | 31,855 | 58.74% | 37.46% |
| | INC | M. K. N. Gowder | 22,380 | 41.26% | −10.38% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,475 | 17.47% | −12.90% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 54,235 | 73.69% | 1.61% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 75,716 | | |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | 7.09% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | J. Matha Gowder | 36,668 | 51.65% | 7.09% |
| | DMK | J. Belli | 15,103 | 21.27% | |
| | CPI | H. B. Devaraj | 11,679 | 16.45% | |
| | SWA | K. N. Bella Gowder | 6,849 | 9.65% | |
| | Independent | V. Kanthian | 699 | 0.98% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21,565 | 30.37% | 19.76% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,998 | 72.08% | 1.00% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,02,319 | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 7.09% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Coonoor :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | J. Matha Gowder | 22,113 | 44.56% | |
| | Independent | H. B. Ari Gowder | 16,845 | 33.94% | |
| | Independent | K. Bhojan | 14,796 | 29.81% | |
| | Independent | V. K. Subramanian | 5,174 | 10.43% | |
| | Independent | D. Singaram | 4,440 | 8.95% | |
| | Independent | J. Hiria Gowder | 1,055 | 2.13% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,268 | 10.62% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 49,627 | 71.08% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 69,821 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |