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Nilgiris #18GEN
Won
Mathan, M. (Alias) Master Mathan, M.
BJP Bharatiya Janta PartyMargin
23,959 3.2 pp
votes
over Prabhu, R. (INC)
The contest
Electors13,48,475
Votes polled7,42,727
Turnout55.1%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors6.83 L50.7% of electorate
Female electors6.65 L49.3% of electorate
Sex ratio
974females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mathan, M. (Alias) Master Mathan, M. | BJP | 3,69,828 | 49.80% | |
| 2 | Prabhu, R. | INC | 3,45,869 | 46.60% | |
| 3 | Chinnaraj, C. | PT | 7,612 | 1.00% | |
| 4 | Sinnaramasamy, A.G. | TDK | 1,950 | 0.30% | |
| 5 | Ajmal, G. | IND | 1,306 | 0.20% | |
| 6 | Anandhakumar, L. | IND | 1,258 | 0.20% | |
| 7 | Rangaswamy Advocate, N. | ABP | 875 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | Shanmugam, R. | IND | 302 | 0.00% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 13,727, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 729,000 · NOTA n/a · published 742,727 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1999
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