Gudalur Assembly constituency

11°30′N 76°30′E / 11.50°N 76.50°E / 11.50; 76.50

Gudalur
Constituency No. 109 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictNilgiris
LS constituencyNilgiris
Total electors1,89,221[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Elected year2021

Gudalur is a state assembly constituency in Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 109. It comes under 'The Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency'. It was created from changes made to the Udagamandalam constituency in 1967 and was initially reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. The reservation criteria ceased in 1977 but were reinstated for the 2011 elections. In between, the 2008 boundary changes had made it smaller.[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. It comes under 'The Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency.[4]

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. ^ Radhakrishnan, D. (10 April 2011). "It will not be a cakewalk for DMDK, DMK in Gudalur". The Hindu. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  4. ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.