Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)

Krishnagiri

Krishnagiri constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Existence	1951-present
Current MP	K. Ashok Kumar
Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected Year	2014 Election
State	Tamil Nadu
Total Electors	1,014,758[1]
Most Successful Party	Indian National Congress (8 times)
Assembly Constituencies	51. Uthangarai (SC) 52. Bargur 53. Krishnagiri 54. Veppanahalli 55. Hosur 56. Thalli

Krishnagiri is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu.

Assembly segments

Before 2009

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

2009-present

1. Uthangarai (SC)
2. Bargur
3. Krishnagiri
4. Veppanahalli
5. Hosur
6. Thalli

Members of Parliament

Year	Winning Candidate	Party
1951	C. R. Narasimhan	Indian National Congress
1957	C. R. Narasimhan	Indian National Congress
1962	K. Rajaram	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	M. Kamalanathan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	T. Thirthagiri Gounder	Indian National Congress
1971 (by-election)	C. Subramaniam	Indian National Congress
1977	P.V. Peraisamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	K. Ramamurthy	Indian National Congress (I)
1984	K. Ramamurthy	Indian National Congress
1989	K. Ramamurthy	Indian National Congress
1991	K. Ramamurthy	Indian National Congress
1996	C. Narasimhan	Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)
1998	K. P. Munusamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	V. Vetriselvam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004	E.G. Sugavanam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009	E.G. Sugavanam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014	K. Ashok Kumar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

General Election, 2004: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	DMK	E. G. Sugavanam	403,297	54.51	+4.68
	AIADMK	Nanje Gowdu. K	284,075	38.40	-6.87
	BSP	Sanaulla Shariff. H	14,055	1.90	n/a
	Independent	Syed Nikhar. A	11,830	1.60	n/a
	Independent	Ameerjan. S	8,679	1.17	n/a
Majority			119,222	16.11	+11.55
Turnout			739,864	59.07	-0.91
	DMK hold		Swing	+4.68

References

1. GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result

• Election Commission of India -http://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in:80/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

See also

• Krishnagiri
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha