Udhagamandalam
M. Bhojarajan (BJP) is the MLA for Udhagamandalam.
BJP took the seat from INC in 2026.
In 2026 M. Bhojarajan won with 32.6% of the vote, 976 votes ahead of R. Ibrahim (TVK).
Udhagamandalam is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 7 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | BJP M. Bhojarajan | 48,488 · 32.6% | TVK R. Ibrahim | 47,512 · 31.9% | 976 (0.7 pts) |
| 2021 | INC R. Ganesh | 65,530 · 46.4% | BJP M. Bhojarajan | 60,182 · 42.6% | 5,348 (3.8 pts) |
| 2016 | INC Ganesh. R. | 67,747 · 48.3% | ADMK Vinoth | 57,329 · 40.9% | 10,418 (7.4 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK Budhichandhiran | 61,605 · 50.2% | INC R. Ganesh | 54,060 · 44.1% | 7,545 (6.1 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Nilgiris district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 5 October (41 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Udhagamandalampaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Udhagamandalam itself is named in 7 of the district's 432 mentions (1.6%). The seat is too small to chart alone, so this is the district's picture.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Nilgiris district, 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 Udhagamandalam
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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.