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== Madras State ==
== Madras State ==


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! Winner
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner
! colspan="2" | Party
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| 1952
| [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1952]]
| [[D. Krishna Moorthy Gounder]]
| [[D. Krishna Moorthy Gounder]]
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|-
|-
| 1957
| [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| [[S. Nagaraja Manigar]]
| [[S. Nagaraja Manigar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|-
| 1962
| [[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1962]]
| [[Sreeramulu (Krishnagiri MLA)|Sreeramulu]]
| [[Sreeramulu (Krishnagiri MLA)|Sreeramulu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
|-
| 1967
| [[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| [[P. M. M. Gounder]]
| [[P. M. M. Gounder]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
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== Tamil Nadu ==
== Tamil Nadu ==


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| [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
| [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1971]]
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| [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| Ashokkumar.K
| [[K. Ashok Kumar]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Krishnagiri]]
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Krishnagiri]]
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{{Election box candidate with party link | |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=K. Ashokkumar|votes=96,050 |percentage=45.38|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link | |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=[[K. Ashok Kumar]]|votes=96,050 |percentage=45.38|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link | |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=T. Senguttuvan|votes=95,256 |percentage=45.01|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link | |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=[[T. Senguttuvan]]|votes=95,256 |percentage=45.01|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link | |party=Naam Tamilar Katchi|candidate=Nirandari.V|votes=11,137 |percentage=5.26|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link | |party=Naam Tamilar Katchi|candidate=Nirandari.V|votes=11,137 |percentage=5.26|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link | |party=Makkal Needhi Maiam|candidate=R. K. Ravishankar|votes=3,455 |percentage=1.63|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link | |party=Makkal Needhi Maiam|candidate=R. K. Ravishankar|votes=3,455 |percentage=1.63|change=}}

Latest revision as of 11:59, 18 December 2021

For other uses, see Krishnagiri (disambiguation).

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[edit]

Year Winner Party
1952 D. Krishna Moorthy Gounder Independent
1957 S. Nagaraja Manigar Indian National Congress
1962 Sreeramulu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967 P. M. M. Gounder Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu[edit]

Year Winner Party
1971 C. Maniappan 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 K. Munivenkatappan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 Kanchana Kamalanathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 V. Govindarasu 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 K. Ashok Kumar All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results[edit]

2021[edit]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Krishnagiri
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Ashok Kumar 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[edit]

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[edit]

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
style="background-color: Template:Uzhaippali Makkal Katchi/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Uzhaippali Makkal Katchi|Template:Uzhaippali Makkal Katchi/meta/shortname]] R. Raja 2,357 1.47
Majority 29,097 18.14
Turnout 1,60,525 79.50
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing

References[edit]

  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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