Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency

For other uses, see Krishnagiri (disambiguation).

12.53°N 78.23°E / 12.53; 78.23

Krishnagiri
Lok Sabha constituency
Krishnagiri constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Uthangarai Bargur Krishnagiri Veppanahalli Hosur Thalli
Established	1951-present
Total electors	15,26,348[1]
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent K. Gopinath
Party	Indian National Congress
Alliance	INDIA
Elected year	2024

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		AIADMK
52	Bargur	None			DMK
53	Krishnagiri	None			AIADMK
54	Veppanahalli	None			AIADMK
55	Hosur	None			DMK
56	Thalli	None			CPI

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		Indian National Congress
1957			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	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy		Indian National Congress
1984			Indian National Congress
1989			Indian National Congress
1991			Indian National Congress
1996	C. Narasimhan		Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	K. P. Munusamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	V. Vetriselvam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004	E.G. Sugavanam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009			Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014	K. Ashok Kumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	A. Chellakumar[2]		Indian National Congress
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	%	±%
	INC	K. Gopinath	492,883	42.27	−10.33
	AIADMK	V. Jayaprakash	3,00,397	25.76	−13.35
	BJP	C. Narasimhan	2,14,125	18.36	New
	NTK	Vidhyarani Veerappan	1,07,083	9.18	+6.77
	NOTA	None of the above	10,983	0.94	−0.18
Margin of victory			1,92,486	16.51	+3.02
Turnout			11,66,156	72.43	−3.52
Registered electors			16,09,913
	INC hold		Swing	-10.33

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dr. A. Chellakumar	611,298	52.60	48.96
	AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy	4,54,533	39.11	−5.83
	NTK	N. Madhusoodhanan	28,000	2.41
	NOTA	Nota	19,825	1.71	0.21
	MNM	Sri Karunya Subrahmanyam	16,995	1.46
	Independent	S. Ganesa Kumar	8,867	0.76
Margin of victory			1,56,765	13.49	−5.83
Turnout			11,62,273	75.95	−1.55
Registered electors			15,30,404
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	7.66

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Ashok Kumar	480,491	44.93	10.47
	DMK	P. Chinna Pillappa	2,73,900	25.61	−19.03
	PMK	G. K. Mani	2,24,963	21.04
	INC	Dr. A. Chellakumar	38,885	3.64
	NOTA	None Of The Above	16,020	1.50
	BSP	M. Chanbasha	8,618	0.81
Margin of victory			2,06,591	19.32	9.14
Turnout			10,69,343	77.49	3.33
Registered electors			13,79,957
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.29

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. G. Sugavanam	335,977	44.64	−9.95
	AIADMK	K. Nanje Gowdu	2,59,379	34.47	−3.99
	DMDK	D. Anbarasan	97,546	12.96
	BJP	G. Balakrishnan	20,486	2.72
	Independent	K. Venkatesan	8,452	1.12
	Independent	B. S. Chandran	6,396	0.85
Margin of victory			76,598	10.18	−5.96
Turnout			10,14,758	74.16	15.18
Registered electors			7,52,565
	DMK hold		Swing	-9.95

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. G. Sugavanam	403,297	54.59	3.55
	AIADMK	K. Nanje Gowdu	2,84,075	38.45	−7.92
	BSP	H. Sanaulla Shariff	14,055	1.90
	Independent	A. Syed Nikhar	11,830	1.60
	Independent	S. Ameerjan	8,679	1.17
	Independent	P. K. Kuppusamy	6,277	0.85
	Independent	V. M. Krishnamoorthy Rao	6,253	0.85
	Independent	T. V. Krishnachetty	4,271	0.58
Margin of victory			1,19,222	16.14	11.47
Turnout			7,38,737	58.98	−1.00
Rejected ballots			511	0.07
Registered electors			12,52,580
	DMK hold		Swing	3.55

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Vetriselvan	347,737	51.05
	AIADMK	M. Thambidurai	3,15,913	46.38	−4.33
	JD(S)	G. A. Vadivelu	13,154	1.93
Margin of victory			31,824	4.67	−3.25
Turnout			6,81,212	59.97	1.89
Registered electors			11,63,690
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.34

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy	315,762	50.71
	TMC(M)	D. R. Rajaram	2,66,413	42.78
	INC	Aga. Krishnamurthy	35,229	5.66	−50.42
	BSP	R. Muniraj	5,285	0.85
Margin of victory			49,349	7.93	−40.29
Turnout			6,22,689	58.08	−6.89
Registered electors			11,15,876
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-5.37

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Rama Murthy	353,033	56.08	−4.96
	BJP	B. Subramanian	49,496	7.86
	PMK	R. Raju	29,511	4.69
	THMM	R. Nanda Kumar	3,887	0.62
Margin of victory			3,03,537	48.22	14.27
Turnout			6,29,532	64.98	1.63
Registered electors			10,05,354
	INC hold		Swing	-4.96

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	362,376	61.04	−3.69
	JD	B. Venkataswamy	1,60,882	27.10
	PMK	C. Arumugam	49,814	8.39
	Tamiliar Kazhagam	C. A. Balakrishnan	7,138	1.20
	THMM	R. Nandkumar	4,470	0.75
	Independent	C. Murugesan	4,465	0.75
	Independent	T. Thotlan	2,744	0.46
Margin of victory			2,01,494	33.94	−1.39
Turnout			5,93,642	63.34	−6.21
Registered electors			9,58,580
	INC hold		Swing	-3.69

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	304,854	64.74
	DMK	T. Chandrasekaran	1,38,488	29.41
	Independent	R. Ramakrishna Reddy	8,362	1.78
	Independent	S. Sundararaja Rao	8,121	1.72
	Independent	K. C. Kanmani	6,247	1.33
	Independent	T. Thiyagaraja Reddy	4,850	1.03
Margin of victory			1,66,366	35.33	6.90
Turnout			4,70,922	69.56	14.35
Registered electors			7,24,417
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	1.70

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	222,839	63.03
	AIADMK	V. Rajahagopal	1,22,328	34.60	−31.04
	INC(U)	Nambiraj	4,806	1.36
	Independent	K. M. Saminathan	3,552	1.00
Margin of victory			1,00,511	28.43	−6.67
Turnout			3,53,525	55.21	−4.75
Registered electors			6,56,215
	INC(I) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-2.61

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. V. Periasamy	222,979	65.64
	DMK	M. Kamalanathan	1,03,751	30.54
	Independent	A. Shanmugam	4,949	1.46
	Independent	Parasuraman	2,778	0.82
	Independent	S. Seetharama Reddy	2,163	0.64
Margin of victory			1,19,228	35.10	24.75
Turnout			3,39,698	59.96	−4.95
Registered electors			5,83,179
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	10.46

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Thirthagiri Gounder	186,114	55.18	10.03
	SWA	T. M. Thirupathy	1,51,194	44.82
Margin of victory			34,920	10.35	4.73
Turnout			3,37,308	64.91	−2.05
Registered electors			5,49,124
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	4.40

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Kamalanathan	165,079	50.78	1.99
	INC	T. S. Pattabiraman	1,46,785	45.15	−0.34
	Independent	S. A. Pandit	13,247	4.07
Margin of victory			18,294	5.63	2.34
Turnout			3,25,111	66.96	9.69
Registered electors			5,03,298
	DMK hold		Swing	1.99

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Rajaram	127,508	48.78
	INC	C. R. Narasimhan	1,18,907	45.49	5.49
	Independent	T. D. Balakrishnan	14,965	5.73
Margin of victory			8,601	3.29	3.04
Turnout			2,61,380	57.27	25.00
Registered electors			4,73,080
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	8.78

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. R. Narasimhan	57,683	40.00	−1.88
	Independent	Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu	57,316	39.75
	Independent	R. Muthulingam	15,607	10.82
	Independent	R. Jagannathan	13,588	9.42
Margin of victory			367	0.25	−3.95
Turnout			1,44,194	32.26	−9.18
Registered electors			4,46,928
	INC hold		Swing	-1.88

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Krishnagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	C. R. Narasimhan	61,672	41.88	41.88
	Independent	C. Doraisami Gounder	55,478	37.68
	KMPP	K. Shamanna	15,929	10.82
	Independent	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
	INC win (new seat)