Indian National Congress on Nilgiris

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 2 OF 4 contested

INC never finished second here

Strike rate

50%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 4 published candidatures

Best vote share63.00%in 2004

Worst vote share4.00%in 2014

Average vote share32.88% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1977

Last contested2014

Votes polled here7.68 Lacross all 4 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Indian National Congress vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 1980, 1984, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2009, 2019, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

4 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
2014	Gandhi, P.	37,702	4.00%	3	Lost · 3rd
2004	Elangovan, E. V. K. S.	4,26,826	63.00%	1	Won
1998	Elankovan E.V.K.S.	48,531	7.70%	3	Lost · 3rd
1977	Ramaswamy K.S.	2,55,120	56.80%	1	Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Bharatiya Janta Party Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Indian National Congress (I)Indian National Congress (ORGANISATION)Janata Dal Independent Pattali Makkal Katchi Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Makkal Needhi Maiam Tamil Maanila Congress (MOOPANAR)Bahujan Samaj Party Tamil Desiyak Katchi Aam Aadmi Party Kongu Nadu Munnetra Kazhagam Naam Tamilar Katchi Jharkhand Party Tharasu Makkal Mandaram Communist Party Of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star Ganasangam Party Of India Makkal Manadu Katchi Republican Party Of India (A)Ambedkarite Party Of India Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi