Hosur Assembly constituency

12.735°N 77.829°E / 12.735; 77.829

Hosur
Constituency No. 55 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Krishnagiri
Lok Sabha constituency	Krishnagiri
Established	1951
Total electors	3,51,715[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Y. Prakaash
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Hosur is a state assembly constituency in Krishnagiri district in Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 55. It consists of a portion of Hosur taluk. It forms a part of Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	R. Muni Reddy		Independent
1957	K. Appavu Pillai		Independent
1962	Ramachandra Reddy		Indian National Congress
1967	B. Venkataswamy		Swatantra Party

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	B. Venkataswamy		Swatantra Party
1977	N. Ramachandra Reddy		Indian National Congress
1980	T. Venkata Reddy		Indian National Congress (I)
1984	T. Venkata Reddy		Indian National Congress
1989	N. Ramachandra Reddy		Indian National Congress
1991	K. A. Manoharan		Indian National Congress
1996	B. Venkatasamy		Janata Dal
2001	K. Gopinath		Indian National Congress
2006	K. Gopinath		Indian National Congress
2011	K. Gopinath		Indian National Congress
2016	P. Balakrishna Reddy :20.02.2019 - Disqualified as convicted by special court[4]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019 by-election	S. A. Sathya		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Y. Prakaash		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			47.65%
2019 by-election			50.30%
2016			41.59%
2011			37.79%
2006			42.08%
2001			35.24%
1996			34.89%
1991			47.64%
1989			39.78%
1984			48.37%
1980			49.80%
1977			58.12%
1971			63.81%
1967			52.69%
1962			64.46%
1957			39.60%
1952			53.90%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Y. Prakaash	118,231	47.65	New
	AIADMK	S. Jyothi	105,864	42.67	+1.08
	NTK	S. Geetha Lakshmi	11,422	4.60	+3.20
	MNM	S. Masood	6,563	2.65	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,976	0.80	−0.80
Margin of victory			12,367	4.98	−5.68
Turnout			248,098	70.54	−0.63
Rejected ballots			264	0.11
Registered electors			351,715
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	6.07

2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Hosur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. A. Sathya	115,027	50.30	+50.30
	AIADMK	S. Jyothi Reddy	91,814	40.15	−1.44
	MNM	P. Jeyapal	8,032	3.51	+3.51
	NTK	M. Rajasekar	6,740	2.95	+2.95
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,262	1.86	+0.26
Majority			23,213	10.15	−0.52
Turnout			2,28,709	69.87	−1.34
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	+8.71

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Balakrishna Reddy	89,510	41.59%	New
	INC	K. Gopinath	66,546	30.92%	−6.87
	BJP	G. Balakrishnan	28,850	13.40%	+2.24
	PMK	P. Muniraj	10,309	4.79%	New
	DMDK	V. Chandran	7,780	3.61%	−25.95
	NOTA	NOTA	3,445	1.60%	New
	NTK	Alex Esther	3,021	1.40%	New
	SDPI	N. Shanawaskhan	1,134	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			22,964	10.67%	2.45%
Turnout			215,231	71.17%	−3.83%
Registered electors			302,410
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	3.80%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Gopinath	65,034	37.79%	−4.29
	DMDK	S. John Timothy	50,882	29.56%	+22.88
	Independent	S. A. Sathya	24,639	14.32%	New
	BJP	Bala Krishnan	19,217	11.17%	+0.25
	Independent	Chitrambalam	6,325	3.68%	New
	Independent	S. Ramadevan	2,018	1.17%	New
	Independent	G. C. Ramaswamy	1,517	0.88%	New
	BSP	H. Sanaulla Shariff	1,430	0.83%	−0.2
	Independent	V. Manjunath	1,044	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			14,152	8.22%	2.40%
Turnout			172,106	75.00%	6.04%
Registered electors			229,478
	INC hold		Swing	-4.29%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Gopinath	90,647	42.08%	+6.85
	AIADMK	V. Sampangi Ramaiah	78,096	36.26%	New
	BJP	B. Venkataswamy	23,514	10.92%	−19.34
	DMDK	V. Chandiran	14,401	6.69%	New
	Independent	G. C. Ramasamy	3,375	1.57%	New
	BSP	M. Chitrambalam	2,227	1.03%	New
	TNJC	N. Krishna Reddy	1,186	0.55%	New
	Independent	A. Basha	1,092	0.51%	New
Margin of victory			12,551	5.83%	0.84%
Turnout			215,406	68.95%	13.77%
Registered electors			312,387
	INC hold		Swing	6.85%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Gopinath	45,865	35.24%	+25.82
	BJP	B. Venkataswamy	39,376	30.25%	+27.39
	Independent	V. Sampangi Ramiah	30,909	23.75%	New
	Independent	H. K. Srinivasan	4,270	3.28%	New
	UCPI	M. S. Ramasamy Reddy	2,087	1.60%	New
	Independent	R. Varalakshmi	1,914	1.47%	New
	Independent	K. Narayanappa	1,607	1.23%	New
	JD(S)	N. M. Sivanna	1,492	1.15%	New
	Independent	K. Gowrappa	1,172	0.90%	New
	Independent	Dr. V. Rajagopal	772	0.59%	New
	JD(U)	M. B. Shanmugasundar	699	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			6,489	4.99%	3.52%
Turnout			130,163	55.19%	−6.19%
Registered electors			235,967
	INC gain from JD		Swing	0.35%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD	B. Venkataswamy	41,456	34.89%	New
	TMC(M)	T. Venkata Reddy	39,719	33.43%	New
	Independent	V. Sampangiramiah	20,355	17.13%	New
	INC	K. Gopinath	11,190	9.42%	−38.23
	BJP	M. Govindhareddy	3,399	2.86%	−7.73
	JP	G. Gummareddy	851	0.72%	New
Margin of victory			1,737	1.46%	−7.34%
Turnout			118,830	61.37%	3.21%
Registered electors			212,268
	JD gain from INC		Swing	-12.76%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. A. Manoharan	47,346	47.64%	+7.86
	JD	B. Venkataswamy	38,600	38.84%	New
	BJP	K. S. Narendiran	10,521	10.59%	New
	PMK	B. Subramaniyam	1,958	1.97%	New
Margin of victory			8,746	8.80%	6.64%
Turnout			99,377	58.16%	−6.70%
Registered electors			177,739
	INC hold		Swing	7.86%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramachandra Reddy	37,934	39.78%	−8.59
	JP	B. Venkataswamy	35,873	37.62%	New
	AIADMK	P. M. Nanjunda Samy	12,613	13.23%	New
	AIADMK	S. S. Abubacker	3,491	3.66%	New
	Independent	V. K. Venkata Samy	759	0.80%	New
	Independent	S. Sugumar	755	0.79%	New
	Independent	K. Sundar Raj	599	0.63%	New
	Independent	P. Kakiappa	578	0.61%	New
	Independent	R. Venkatagiri	549	0.58%	New
	Independent	H. Saroja	512	0.54%	New
Margin of victory			2,061	2.16%	−25.52%
Turnout			95,364	64.86%	−1.47%
Registered electors			152,293
	INC hold		Swing	-8.59%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Venkata Reddy	35,293	48.37%	−1.43
	JP	E. Venkatasamy	15,096	20.69%	New
	Independent	K. A. Manoharan	12,884	17.66%	New
	Independent	N. Sampangiramai	5,921	8.11%	New
	Independent	M. B. Shanumga Sudaram	2,199	3.01%	New
	Independent	Kakiappan	923	1.26%	New
	Independent	K. Krishnamoorthi	649	0.89%	New
Margin of victory			20,197	27.68%	19.18%
Turnout			72,965	66.33%	16.49%
Registered electors			120,813
	INC hold		Swing	-1.43%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Venkata Reddy	25,855	49.80%	−8.32
	Independent	K. S. Kothanda Ramaiah	21,443	41.31%	New
	INC(U)	S. Seetharama Reddy	1,889	3.64%	New
	JP	K. Krishna Moorthy	1,446	2.79%	New
	Independent	Kullappa	744	1.43%	New
	Independent	R. Ramakrisha Reddy	536	1.03%	New
Margin of victory			4,412	8.50%	−23.87%
Turnout			51,913	49.85%	−9.11%
Registered electors			106,169
	INC hold		Swing	-8.32%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramachandra Reddy	30,818	58.12%	New
	JP	K. S. Kothandaramiah	13,653	25.75%	New
	AIADMK	M. Ramasamy	4,981	9.39%	New
	DMK	A. Mohamad Salasa	3,573	6.74%	New
Margin of victory			17,165	32.37%	2.57%
Turnout			53,025	58.96%	0.24%
Registered electors			92,284
	INC gain from SWA		Swing	-5.69%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	B. Venkataswamy	28,259	63.81%	New
	Independent	T. Venkata Reddy	15,063	34.01%	New
	Independent	Kullappa	965	2.18%	New
Margin of victory			13,196	29.80%	24.41%
Turnout			44,287	58.72%	3.46%
Registered electors			80,662
	SWA hold		Swing	11.12%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	B. Venkataswami	21,530	52.69%	New
	INC	K. Appavu Pillai	19,329	47.31%	−17.15
Margin of victory			2,201	5.39%	−23.54%
Turnout			40,859	55.25%	9.79%
Registered electors			77,814
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	-11.77%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramachandra Reddy	25,577	64.46%	+28.89
	SWA	K. Shamanna	14,101	35.54%	New
Margin of victory			11,476	28.92%	24.90%
Turnout			39,678	45.47%	14.46%
Registered electors			92,141
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	24.86%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	K. Appavu Pillai	10,305	39.60%	New
	INC	N. Ramachandra Reddy	9,257	35.57%	−6.28
	Independent	K. Shamanna	6,460	24.83%	New
Margin of victory			1,048	4.03%	−8.01%
Turnout			26,022	31.01%	−8.76%
Registered electors			83,913
	Independent hold		Swing	-14.30%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Hosur^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. Muni Reddi	17,850	53.90%	New
	INC	K. Appavu Pillai	13,863	41.86%	New
	KMPP	K. Shammanna	1,406	4.25%	New
Margin of victory			3,987	12.04%
Turnout			33,119	39.77%
Registered electors			83,284
	Independent win (new seat)