Coonoor
M. Raju (DMK) is the MLA for Coonoor.
DMK has won Coonoor at 2 elections in a row (2021, 2026).
In 2026 M. Raju won with 35.7% of the vote, 8,099 votes ahead of A. Ramu (ADMK).
In the last 30 days Coonoor was named in 21 mentions from 1 outlet.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Nilgiris
- Area
- about 591 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 70.7%
- Seats sharing a border
- Bhavanisagar · Mettupalayam · Udhagamandalam
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK M. Raju | 50,470 · 35.7% | ADMK A. Ramu | 42,371 · 30.0% | 8,099 (5.7 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK K. Ramachandran | 61,820 · 45.5% | ADMK Kappachi D. Vinoth | 57,715 · 42.5% | 4,105 (3.0 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Ramu. A. | 61,650 · 45.7% | DMK Mubarak. B. M. | 57,940 · 43.0% | 3,710 (2.8 pts) |
| 2011 | DMK K. Ramachandran | 61,302 · 50.7% | CPI A. Bellie | 52,010 · 43.0% | 9,292 (7.7 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Coonoor: mentions per week
Busiest week: 22 June (8 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
80 mentions of Coonoor since 1 June 2026 from 8 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Coonoor, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Nilgiris district
Nilgiris| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Udhagamandalam | BJP | 0.7 | 0 |
| Gudalur | DMK | 15.1 | 20 |
| Coonoor | DMK | 5.7 | 21 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Nilgiris district: no recent headline names Coonoor
- மேட்டுப்பாளையம்–ஊட்டி சாலை டிராபிக்கில் சூப்பர் மாற்றம்! தொடர் விடுமுறை வரை நீலகிரியில் இதுதான் ரூட்Tamil originalOneindia Tamil
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.