# Gudalur Assembly constituency

11°30′N 76°30′E﻿ / ﻿11.50°N 76.50°E﻿ / 11.50; 76.50
Gudalur is a state assembly constituency in Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu. 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. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. It comes under Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 47.00% | 47.00% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 47.39% | 47.39% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 58.67% | 58.67% |
| 2006 | 2006 | 51.72% | 51.72% |
| 2001 | 2001 | 57.43% | 57.43% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 59.43% | 59.43% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 48.46% | 48.46% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 33.61% | 33.61% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 57.80% | 57.80% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 58.39% | 58.39% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 26.29% | 26.29% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 45.45% | 45.45% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 49.24% | 49.24% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,945 | 1.42% | −8.79% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 137,240 | 72.53% | −0.25% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 488 | 0.36% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 189,221 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -0.40% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,379 | 10.21% | −13.81% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 131,095 | 72.78% | 1.27% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 180,136 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -11.27% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 27,374 | 24.02% | 9.90% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 159,402 | 71.51% | 3.47% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 113,985 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 6.94% | |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,232 | 14.11% | −9.71% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 143,352 | 68.04% | 8.10% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 210,699 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -5.71% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 32,693 | 23.83% | −13.26% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 137,215 | 59.93% | −4.97% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 229,078 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -2.00% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 45,905 | 37.08% | 26.20% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 123,784 | 64.90% | 0.52% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 199,758 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 10.97% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. R. Raju | 54,766 | 48.46% | 41.90% |
| | CPI(M) | T. P. Kamalatchan | 42,460 | 37.57% | 5.09% |
| | | K. Arumugam | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,306 | 10.89% | 9.76% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 113,008 | 64.38% | −8.87% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 181,632 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from INC | AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | 14.85% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,280 | 1.13% | −17.00% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 113,489 | 73.25% | 1.47% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 158,479 | | |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | -24.18% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,457 | 18.13% | −2.74% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 90,783 | 71.78% | 15.89% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 132,008 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -0.59% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,144 | 20.87% | 20.25% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,990 | 55.89% | −7.65% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 114,612 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 32.10% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 360 | 0.62% | −4.15% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,276 | 63.53% | 8.18% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 93,409 | | |
| | DMK gain from SWA | DMK gain from SWA | Swing | -19.16% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,941 | 4.76% | 3.27% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,745 | 55.36% | −7.72% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 81,325 | | |
| | SWA gain from INC | SWA gain from INC | Swing | -3.79% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Gudalur :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 628 | 1.50% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 41,988 | 63.07% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 69,434 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |