Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Nilgiris #18GEN
Won
Balasubramaniyan S.R.
TMCM Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Margin
2,81,376 35.3 pp
votes
over R.Prabhu (INC)
The contest
Electors11,99,070
Votes polled7,96,437
Turnout66.4%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors6.08 L50.7% of electorate
Female electors5.91 L49.3% of electorate
Sex ratio
972females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Balasubramaniyan S.R. | TMCM | 4,75,515 | 59.70% | |
| 2 | R.Prabhu | INC | 1,94,139 | 24.40% | |
| 3 | C.V.Kandasamy | JD | 38,462 | 4.80% | |
| 4 | Mathan M. @ Master Mathan | BJP | 32,185 | 4.00% | |
| 5 | Loganathan V | IND | 2,069 | 0.30% | |
| 6 | H.N.Kalla Gowder | IND | 2,019 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | M.Ashok | SS | 1,824 | 0.20% | |
| 8 | Rasa G | IND | 1,600 | 0.20% | |
| 9 | Ranganathan A.G | IND | 1,016 | 0.10% | |
| 10 | K.Paramathma | IND | 998 | 0.10% | |
| 11 | Joy Mathew | IND | 870 | 0.10% | |
| 12 | M.Udhayashankar | IND | 868 | 0.10% | |
| 13 | Ramanujam G.R | IND | 795 | 0.10% | |
| 14 | Murugesan M | IND | 744 | 0.10% | |
| 15 | Vijayakumar P | IND | 712 | 0.10% | |
| 16 | R.Pooranachandran | IND | 682 | 0.10% | |
| 17 | Joseph D | IND | 407 | 0.10% | |
| 18 | S.Myleswamy | IND | 354 | 0.00% | |
| 19 | Muthiah B | ATMK | 348 | 0.00% | |
| 20 | Joseph Frankel | IND | 317 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 40,513, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 755,924 · NOTA n/a · published 796,437 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1996
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- 2026-09-12