Nilgiris

Electors14,28,889

Votes polled10,20,085

Turnout71.39%

Margin2,40,585

NOTA13,000

Candidates

#	Candidate	Party	Votes	Postal	%	Result
1	Raja A Male, 60 · SC	DMK Rising sun	4,73,212	2,483	47.04	Won
2	Dr Murugan L Male, 46 · SC	BJP Lotus	2,32,627	1,516	23.13
3	Logesh Tamilselvan D Male, 40 · SC	AIADMK Two leaves	2,20,230	813	21.89
4	Jayakumar A Male, 44 · SC	NTK Mike	58,821	233	5.85	Deposit forfeited
5	Vijayakumar D Male, 36 · SC	Independent Helmet	4,808	3	0.48	Deposit forfeited
6	Ganeshamoorthi A Male, 41 · SC	BSP Elephant	3,033	18	0.30	Deposit forfeited
7	Badran M Male, 60 · SC	GPI Lady finger	2,425	19	0.24	Deposit forfeited
8	Selvan N Male, 36 · SC	Independent Diamond	2,054	16	0.20	Deposit forfeited
9	Dhanabal R Male, 43 · SC	Independent Bat	1,928	22	0.19	Deposit forfeited
10	Jayanthi M Female, 52 · SC	APoI Coat	1,556	17	0.15	Deposit forfeited
11	Murugan Y Male, 63 · SC	Independent Cauliflower	1,413	5	0.14	Deposit forfeited
12	Murugesan Male, 57 · SC	Independent Grapes	1,059	2	0.11	Deposit forfeited
13	Malarmannan M Male, 38 · SC	SMKNK Ring	820	7	0.08	Deposit forfeited
14	Sathish M Male, 34 · SC	Independent Laptop	740	6	0.07	Deposit forfeited
15	Krishna Kumar Male, 38 · SC	Independent Electric pole	615	27	0.06	Deposit forfeited
16	Anbhuguru V Male, 46 · SC	Independent Boat with man and sail	565	5	0.06	Deposit forfeited
	NOTA		13,000

Official Results as declared by the returning officer.

These statistical reports are prepared by the Election Commission of India from the secondary data filled in the Index Cards, for academic and research purposes. The primary data is in the statutory forms maintained by the Returning Officers, and that data is final. A candidate forfeits the deposit with less than one-sixth of the valid votes.