Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency

Template:Short description Template:Use Indian English Template:Infobox Indian constituency Krishnagiri is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 9 of 39.

Assembly segments

2009–present

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
51	Uthangarai	SC	Krishnagiri	Template:Party name with color
52	Bargur	None		Template:Party name with color
53	Krishnagiri	None		Template:Party name with color
54	Veppanahalli	None		Template:Party name with color
55	Hosur	None		Template:Party name with color
56	Thalli	None		Template:Party name with color

Before 2009

1. Hosur
2. Thalli
3. Kaveripattinam (defunct)
4. Krishnagiri
5. Bargur
6. Palacode (moved to Dharmapuri constituency after 2009)

Members of Parliament

Year	Winning Candidate	Party
1951	C. R. Narasimhan	Template:Full party name with color
1957		Template:Full party name with color
1962	K. Rajaram	Template:Full party name with color
1967	M. Kamalanathan	Template:Full party name with color
1971	T. Thirthagiri Gounder	Template:Full party name with color
1971 (by-election)	C. Subramaniam	Template:Full party name with color
1977	P.V. Peraisamy	Template:Full party name with color
1980	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	Template:Full party name with color
1984		Template:Full party name with color
1989		Template:Full party name with color
1991		Template:Full party name with color
1996	C. Narasimhan	Template:Full party name with color
1998	K. P. Munusamy	Template:Full party name with color
1999	V. Vetriselvam	Template:Full party name with color
2004	E.G. Sugavanam	Template:Full party name with color
2009		Template:Full party name with color
2014	K. Ashok Kumar	Template:Full party name with color
2019	A. Chellakumar	Template:Full party name with color
2024	K. Gopinath

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			42.27%
2019			52.60%
2014			44.93%
2009			44.64%
2004			54.59%
1999			51.05%
1998			50.71%
1991			56.08%
1989			61.04%
1984			64.74%
1980			63.03%
1977			65.64%
1971			55.18%
1967			50.78%
1962			48.78%
1957			40.00%
1951			41.88%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		K. Gopinath	Template:Replace	42.27
		V. Jayaprakash	3,00,397	25.76
		C. Narasimhan	2,14,125	18.36
		Vidhyarani Veerappan	1,07,083	9.18
		None of the above	10,983	0.94
Margin of victory			1,92,486	16.51
Turnout			11,66,156	72.43
Registered electors			16,09,913
	hold		Swing	-10.33

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Dr. A. Chellakumar	Template:Replace	52.60
		K. P. Munusamy	4,54,533	39.11
		N. Madhusoodhanan	28,000	2.41
		Nota	19,825	1.71
		Sri Karunya Subrahmanyam	16,995	1.46
		S. Ganesa Kumar	8,867	0.76
Margin of victory			1,56,765	13.49
Turnout			11,62,273	75.95
Registered electors			15,30,404
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	7.66

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		K. Ashok Kumar	Template:Replace	44.93
		P. Chinna Pillappa	2,73,900	25.61
		G. K. Mani	2,24,963	21.04
		Dr. A. Chellakumar	38,885	3.64
		None Of The Above	16,020	1.50
		M. Chanbasha	8,618	0.81
Margin of victory			2,06,591	19.32
Turnout			10,69,343	77.49
Registered electors			13,79,957
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	0.29

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		E. G. Sugavanam	Template:Replace	44.64
		K. Nanje Gowdu	2,59,379	34.47
		D. Anbarasan	97,546	12.96
		G. Balakrishnan	20,486	2.72
		K. Venkatesan	8,452	1.12
		B. S. Chandran	6,396	0.85
Margin of victory			76,598	10.18
Turnout			10,14,758	74.16
Registered electors			7,52,565
	hold		Swing	-9.95

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		E. G. Sugavanam	Template:Replace	54.59
		K. Nanje Gowdu	2,84,075	38.45
		H. Sanaulla Shariff	14,055	1.90
		A. Syed Nikhar	11,830	1.60
		S. Ameerjan	8,679	1.17
		P. K. Kuppusamy	6,277	0.85
		V. M. Krishnamoorthy Rao	6,253	0.85
		T. V. Krishnachetty	4,271	0.58
Margin of victory			1,19,222	16.14
Turnout			7,38,737	58.98
Rejected ballots			511	0.07
Registered electors			12,52,580
	hold		Swing	3.55

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		V. Vetriselvan	Template:Replace	51.05
		M. Thambidurai	3,15,913	46.38
		G. A. Vadivelu	13,154	1.93
Margin of victory			31,824	4.67
Turnout			6,81,212	59.97
Registered electors			11,63,690
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	0.34

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		K. P. Munusamy	Template:Replace	50.71
		D. R. Rajaram	2,66,413	42.78
		Aga. Krishnamurthy	35,229	5.66
		R. Muniraj	5,285	0.85
Margin of victory			49,349	7.93
Turnout			6,22,689	58.08
Registered electors			11,15,876
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	-5.37

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		K. Rama Murthy	Template:Replace	56.08
		B. Subramanian	49,496	7.86
		R. Raju	29,511	4.69
		R. Nanda Kumar	3,887	0.62
Margin of victory			3,03,537	48.22
Turnout			6,29,532	64.98
Registered electors			10,05,354
	hold		Swing	-4.96

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	Template:Replace	61.04
		B. Venkataswamy	1,60,882	27.10
		C. Arumugam	49,814	8.39
		C. A. Balakrishnan	7,138	1.20
		R. Nandkumar	4,470	0.75
		C. Murugesan	4,465	0.75
		T. Thotlan	2,744	0.46
Margin of victory			2,01,494	33.94
Turnout			5,93,642	63.34
Registered electors			9,58,580
	hold		Swing	-3.69

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	Template:Replace	64.74
		T. Chandrasekaran	1,38,488	29.41
		R. Ramakrishna Reddy	8,362	1.78
		S. Sundararaja Rao	8,121	1.72
		K. C. Kanmani	6,247	1.33
		T. Thiyagaraja Reddy	4,850	1.03
Margin of victory			1,66,366	35.33
Turnout			4,70,922	69.56
Registered electors			7,24,417
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	1.70

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	Template:Replace	63.03
		V. Rajahagopal	1,22,328	34.60
		Nambiraj	4,806	1.36
		K. M. Saminathan	3,552	1.00
Margin of victory			1,00,511	28.43
Turnout			3,53,525	55.21
Registered electors			6,56,215
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	-2.61

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		P. V. Periasamy	Template:Replace	65.64
		M. Kamalanathan	1,03,751	30.54
		A. Shanmugam	4,949	1.46
		Parasuraman	2,778	0.82
		S. Seetharama Reddy	2,163	0.64
Margin of victory			1,19,228	35.10
Turnout			3,39,698	59.96
Registered electors			5,83,179
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	10.46

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		T. Thirthagiri Gounder	Template:Replace	55.18
		T. M. Thirupathy	1,51,194	44.82
Margin of victory			34,920	10.35
Turnout			3,37,308	64.91
Registered electors			5,49,124
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	4.40

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		M. Kamalanathan	Template:Replace	50.78
		T. S. Pattabiraman	1,46,785	45.15
		S. A. Pandit	13,247	4.07
Margin of victory			18,294	5.63
Turnout			3,25,111	66.96
Registered electors			5,03,298
	hold		Swing	1.99

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		K. Rajaram	Template:Replace	48.78
		C. R. Narasimhan	1,18,907	45.49
		T. D. Balakrishnan	14,965	5.73
Margin of victory			8,601	3.29
Turnout			2,61,380	57.27
Registered electors			4,73,080
	gain from Template:Yesno		Swing	8.78

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		C. R. Narasimhan	Template:Replace	40.00
		Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu	57,316	39.75
		R. Muthulingam	15,607	10.82
		R. Jagannathan	13,588	9.42
Margin of victory			367	0.25
Turnout			1,44,194	32.26
Registered electors			4,46,928
	hold		Swing	-1.88

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
		C. R. Narasimhan	Template:Replace	41.88
		C. Doraisami Gounder	55,478	37.68
		K. Shamanna	15,929	10.82
		M. G. Natesa Chettiar	14,174	9.63
Margin of victory			6,194	4.21
Turnout			1,47,253	41.44
Registered electors			3,55,317
	win (new seat)

External links

• Krishnagiri lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule

See also

• Election Commission of India
• Krishnagiri
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha