Veppanahalli Assembly constituency

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Veppanahalli
Constituency No. 54 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Krishnagiri
Lok Sabha constituency	Krishnagiri
Established	2008
Total electors	2,51,346[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. P. Munusamy
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Veppanahalli is a state assembly constituency of Tamil Nadu, India, that was formed after constituency delimitation in 2008.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 54. Located in Krishnagiri district, it comprises portions of Hosur, Denkanikottai, and Krishnagiri taluks. The constituency is part of Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency for elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	T. Senguttuvan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	P. Murugan[4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. P. Munusamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			45.87%
2016			46.01%
2011			45.09%

2021

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

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Munusamy	94,104	45.87%	+2.57
	DMK	P. Murugan	91,050	44.38%	−1.63
	NTK	M. Sakthivel	8,310	4.05%	New
	DMDK	S. M. Murugesan	3,601	1.76%	−0.65
	Independent	Abdul Azeez Amanullah	3,022	1.47%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,662	0.81%	+0.04
Margin of victory			3,054	1.49%	−1.22%
Turnout			205,141	81.62%	−3.12%
Rejected ballots			322	0.16%
Registered electors			251,346
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-0.14%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veppanahalli^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Murugan	88,952	46.01%	+0.92
	AIADMK	A. V. M. Madhu @ M. Hemnath	83,724	43.31%	New
	PMK	M. Tamil Selvi	5,476	2.83%	New
	DMDK	N. Nagaraj	4,656	2.41%	−37.89
	BJP	V. S. Premanathan	1,966	1.02%	−2.16
	NOTA	NOTA	1,482	0.77%	New
	FDLP	S. B. Abbas Ali	1,373	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			5,228	2.70%	−2.09%
Turnout			193,325	84.74%	−0.60%
Registered electors			228,145
	DMK hold		Swing	0.92%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veppanahalli^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Senguttuvan	71,471	45.09%	New
	DMDK	Kandan @ S. M. Murugesan	63,867	40.29%	New
	Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy	V. Ranganathan	8,943	5.64%	New
	BJP	V. S. Premanathan	5,035	3.18%	New
	Independent	N. V. Kalyani	4,766	3.01%	New
	BSP	C. L. Surya Prakash	2,732	1.72%	New
	Independent	S. B. Abbas	1,690	1.07%	New
Margin of victory			7,604	4.80%
Turnout			158,504	85.33%
Registered electors			185,746
	DMK win (new seat)