Nilgiri Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: A Raja's Credibility At Risk, BJP's Murugan Challenge

One of the 39 constituencies of Tamil Nadu, the Nilgiri Lok Sabha constituency has a rich political history. it is a. It is the king's constituency. Ooty, the headquarters of the Nilgiris, is a popular tourist destination across the country and the world. The first phase of polling for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was held on April 19 for this constituency. 70.93 percent votes were recorded here. 74.01 percent votes were recorded in 2019 and 73.55 percent votes in 2014 general elections. In this case, in the last two elections, about 3 percent less votes have been recorded here. The Nilgiri Lok Sabha constituency has 16 candidates in the fray, but the main contest is between DMK, AIADMK, NTK and BJP. D Lokesh Tamil Selvan from AIADMK, Jayakumar from NTK, L Murugan from BJP and A Raja from DMK were nominated. DMK chief A. Raja's politics are full of controversies. He was constantly in the news due to corruption allegations and even went to jail. He was constantly in the news for the 2G spectrum scam. Order for 2019 Lok Sabha Elections: In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, A. Raja won on behalf of DMK in the Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency. Raja defeated AIADMK candidate Thiagarajan by a margin of 2,05,823 votes. A. Raja got 5,47,832 votes and Thiagarajan got 3,42,009 votes. MNM's N Rajendran is third with 41,169 votes. A was defeated in the 2014 elections. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Raja A. Raja lost the election from here to AIADMK's C. Gopalakrishnan. C. Gopalakrishnan 4 lakhs 65 thousand and A. Raja had got 3 lakh 58 thousand votes. The Congress party has won 7 times before 2024 in the Nilgiri Lok Sabha constituency, which was formed in 1957. Here BJP has won 2 times, AIADMK 2 times and DMK 3 times.