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Nilgiris #18GEN
Won
Prabhu R.
INC Indian National CongressMargin
2,36,502 30.4 pp
votes
over Mathan. M @ Master Mathan. M (BJP)
The contest
Electors13,17,502
Votes polled7,78,708
Turnout59.1%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors6.49 L49.3% of electorate
Female electors6.68 L50.7% of electorate
Sex ratio
1,029females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prabhu R. | INC | 4,94,121 | 63.50% | |
| 2 | Mathan. M @ Master Mathan. M | BJP | 2,57,619 | 33.10% | |
| 3 | Pappannan. T. K | IND | 10,649 | 1.40% | |
| 4 | Kumaran. P | YSP | 6,580 | 0.80% | |
| 5 | Tirrumurthi. M | IND | 3,630 | 0.50% | |
| 6 | Shanmugam. P | IND | 2,188 | 0.30% | |
| 7 | Senthilkumar. V | ABHM | 2,167 | 0.30% | |
| 8 | Dharmaraj. M | JP | 2,112 | 0.30% | |
| 9 | Parthasarathi. K | JDU | 1,824 | 0.20% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is -2,182, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 780,890 · NOTA n/a · published 778,708 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 2004
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12