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The Nilgiris district · 3 seats · April 2026 election

The Nilgiris MLAs and 2026 election results

April 2026 Assembly election: DMK won 2 of The Nilgiris's 3 seats; BJP 1. By votes: TVK 28.3%, DMK 26.3%, AIADMK 19.3%. The same seats went AIADMK 1, DMK 1, INC 1 in 2021.

DMK 2 BJP 1

Votes counted
4,41,339
Turnout
80.0%
Seats that changed party since 2021
2 of 3

The Nilgiris's 3 MLAs, elected April 2026

ACSeatMLA electedMarginRunner-upTurnout
108UdhagamandalamM. Bhojarajan BJP976TVK78.8%Booths
109Gudalur (SC)M. Dhravidamani DMK22,833AIADMK81.6%Booths
110CoonoorM. Raju DMK8,099AIADMK79.5%Booths

The Nilgiris in numbers

Rank among the 38 districts, 1 is the highest; = means tied. Median is the median district. Turnout is the Election Commission's count of votes (postal votes included) as a share of electors.
MeasureThe NilgirisRankMedian
Seats3=34th6
Electors5,52,00636th13,16,624
Turnout80.0%34th86.5%
Women among electors52.2%1st51.1%
Median winning margin, votes8,09927th9,838
Seats that changed party since 20212 of 3=20th71%
NOTA share of votes0.71%1st0.38%
Closest seatUdhagamandalam, won by 976 votes
Biggest marginGudalur, won by 22,833

Vote share in The Nilgiris, 2026 against 2021

  • TVK28.3% 2026— 2021
  • DMK26.3% 202629.9% 2021
  • AIADMK19.3% 202629.4% 2021
  • BJP11.0% 202614.5% 2021
  • INC10.3% 202615.8% 2021
  • NTK3.5% 20265.0% 2021

Share of the 4,41,339 votes counted in the district's seats in 2026 (ECI, postal votes and NOTA included) and of 4,15,267 in 2021 (ECI 2021 Detailed Results; allies who fought on a big party's symbol are counted with it). TVK did not contest in 2021.

Seats that changed party since 2021 (2 of 3)

What each seat is

  • UdhagamandalamUdhagamandalam (AC 108) is the Nilgiris-district seat covering Ooty itself, the 2,240-m hill station the British rebuilt as their summer capital from the 1820s.
  • GudalurGudalur (AC 109) is Tamil Nadu's north-westernmost assembly constituency, in The Nilgiris district.
  • CoonoorCoonoor is the second-largest hill town in the Nilgiris, sitting at 1,850 metres on the slope below Ooty.

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Page updated 2 October 2026

Sources: Election Commission of India, candidate-wise results declared 4 May 2026 (results.eci.gov.in); electors from the Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu; 2021: ECI statistical report, Detailed Results.

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