Krishnagiri (state assembly constituency)

Coordinates: 12°32′N 78°14′E / 12.53°N 78.23°E / 12.53; 78.23

Krishnagiri is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. It is a part of the similarly named constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. This constituency is delimited in the year 2008.^{[citation needed]}

Krishnagiri was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[1]

It comprises the following areas.^[2]

Krishnagiri Taluk (Part) - Polupalli, Kurubarapalli, Ragimaganapalli, Junjupalli, Byanapalli, Kothapetta, Kattinayanapalli, Kammaampalli, Boganapalli, Pethathalapalli, Gangaleri, Kondepalli, Kompalli, Sembadamuthur, Gooliam, Bellampalli, Chikkapoovathi, Thandegoundanahalli, Alapatti, Agaram, Marikkampalli, Bellarampalli, Periyamuthur, Devasamudiram, Agasipalli, Chowttahalli, Sundekuppam, Timmapuram, Katteri, Gundalapatti, Sokkadi, Velakalahalli, Chaparthi, Bannihalli, Mittahalli, Errahalli, Kaveripattinam, Paiyur, Jagadab, Kallukurukki and Karadihalli villages.
Krishnagiri Municipality & Kattiganapalli
Kaveripattinam Town Panchayat

Madras State[]

Year	Winner	Party
1952			Independent
1957			Indian National Congress
1962			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967			Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu[]

Year	Winner
1971		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. R. Chinnarasu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. R. Chinnarasu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	K. R. Chinnaraju	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	K. Kanchana	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	Kanchana Kamalanathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	T. Senguttuvan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	K. P. Munusamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	T. Senguttuvan^[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Ashokkumar.K	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[]

2021[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Krishnagiri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	K. Ashokkumar	96,050	45.38
	DMK	T. Senguttuvan	95,256	45.01
	NTK	Nirandari.V	11,137	5.26
	MNM	R. K. Ravishankar	3,455	1.63
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,837	0.87
Margin of victory			794
Turnout			2,11,648
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Krishnagiri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	T. Senguttuvan	87,637	43.80
	AIADMK	V. Govindaraj	82,746	41.35
	PMK	S. Kumar	15,736	7.86
	TMC	R. Jayaprakash	4,199	2.10
	NOTA	None of the above	1,855	0.93
Majority			4,891	2.44
Turnout			2,00,229	80.45
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Krishnagiri
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy	89,776	55.98
	INC	Syed Ghiyas Ul Haq	60,679	37.83
	BJP	Kotteswaran	3,025	1.89
	UMK	R. Raja	2,357	1.47
Majority			29,097	18.14
Turnout			1,60,525	79.50
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

References[]

^ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes".
^ "Constituencies post-delimitation 2008" (PDF). CEO, Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 19 September 2011.
^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 53. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[1] "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes".

[2] "Constituencies post-delimitation 2008" (PDF). CEO, Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

[3] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 53. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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