Krishnagiri Lok Sabha constituency

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{{Other uses|Krishnagiri (disambiguation)}}
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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Krishnagiri
|image = krishnagiri lok sabha constituency.png
|caption = Krishnagiri constituency, post-2008 delimitation
|Existence = 1951-present
|CurrentMPParty = [[Indian National Congress ]]
|CurrentMP = [[A. Chellakumar]]
|ElectedByYear = [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2014|2014 Election]]
|State = [[Tamil Nadu]]
|Successful Party = [[Indian National Congress]] (8 times)
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Uthangarai (State Assembly Constituency)|Uthangarai ]] [[Bargur (State Assembly Constituency)|Bargur]] [[Krishnagiri (State Assembly Constituency)|Krishnagiri]] [[Veppanahalli (state assembly constituency)|Veppanahalli]] [[Hosur (State Assembly Constituency)|Hosur]] [[Thalli (State Assembly Constituency)|Thalli]]
|Electorate = 15,26,348<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |date=2014-08-11 }}</ref>
}}
'''Krishnagiri''' is a [[Lok Sabha]] (Parliament of India) constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]].

==Assembly segments==

=== 2009–present ===
{| class="wikitable" width="500px"
! width="50px" style="font-size:75%" |Constituency number
! width="200px" |Name
! width="100px" style="font-size:75%" |Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
! width="150px" |District
|-
|51
|[[Uthangarai (State Assembly Constituency)|Uthangarai]]
|SC
|[[Krishnagiri district|Krishnagiri]]
|-
|52
|[[Bargur (State Assembly Constituency)|Bargur]]
|None
|[[Krishnagiri district|Krishnagiri]]
|-
|53
|[[Krishnagiri (State Assembly Constituency)|Krishnagiri]]
|None
|[[Krishnagiri district|Krishnagiri]]
|-
|54
|[[Veppanahalli (state assembly constituency)|Veppanahalli]]
|None
|[[Krishnagiri district|Krishnagiri]]
|-
|55
|[[Hosur (State Assembly Constituency)|Hosur]]
|None
|[[Krishnagiri district|Krishnagiri]]
|-
|56
|[[Thalli (State Assembly Constituency)|Thalli]]
|None
|[[Krishnagiri district|Krishnagiri]]
|-
|}

===Before 2009===
#[[Hosur (State Assembly Constituency)|Hosur]]
#[[Thalli (State Assembly Constituency)|Thalli]]
#[[Kaveripattinam (State Assembly Constituency)|Kaveripattinam]]
#[[Krishnagiri (State Assembly Constituency)|Krishnagiri]]
#[[Bargur (State Assembly Constituency)|Bargur]]
#[[Palakkodu (State Assembly Constituency)|Palacode]] (moved to [[Dharmapuri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dharmapuri]] constituency after 2009)
{{clear}}

==Members of Parliament==
{| width="60%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #DEE8F1 solid; font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winning Candidate
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|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
|[[Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy]]
|[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|-
|1984
|[[Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|1989
|[[Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|1991
|[[Vazhappady 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]]
|-
|2019
| [[A. Chellakumar]]<ref>{{cite web|title=General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10277-general-election-to-the-17th-lok-sabha-2019-list-of-members-elected/|page=27|format=PDF|publisher=Election Commission of India|date=25 May 2019|access-date=2 June 2019|location=New Delhi}}</ref>
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|}

==Election results==

===2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Krishnagiri]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[A. Chellakumar]]
|votes = 6,11,298
|percentage = 52.60
|change = +52.60
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[K. P. Munusamy]]
|votes = 4,54,533
|percentage = 39.10
|change = -5.87
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Naam Tamilar Katchi
|candidate = N. Madhusudanan
|votes = 28,000
|percentage =2.41
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above|None of the Above]]
|votes = 19,825
|percentage = 1.71
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Makkal Needhi Maiam
|candidate = S. Srikarunya
|votes = 16,995
|percentage = 1.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = S. Ganesakumar
|votes = 8,867
|percentage = 0.76
|change =
}}

{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,56,765
|percentage = 13.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,61,369
|percentage = 75.95
|change = -1.54
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Krishnagiri]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[K. Ashok Kumar]]
|votes = 4,80,491
|percentage = 44.97
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = Chinna Pillai
|votes = 2,73,900
|percentage = 25.64
|change = -19.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|candidate = [[G. K. Mani]]
|votes = 2,24,963
|percentage = 21.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[A. Chellakumar]]
|votes = 38,885
|percentage = 3.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes = 16,020
|percentage = 1.50
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,06,591
|percentage = 19.34
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,69,343
|percentage = 77.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|loser = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Krishnagiri]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[E. G. Sugavanam]]
|votes = 3,35,977
|percentage =44.64
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate =K. Nanjegowdu
|votes = 2,59,379
|percentage = 34.47
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
|candidate =D. Anbarasan
|votes = 97,546
|percentage =12.96
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = G. Balakrishnan
|votes = 20,486
|percentage =2.72
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =76,598
|percentage =10.18
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes =7,52,578
|percentage = 74.16
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections]]: [[Krishnagiri]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[E. G. Sugavanam]]
|votes = 4,03,297
|percentage = 54.51
|change = +4.68
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = Nanje Gowdu. K
|votes = 2,84,075
|percentage = 38.40
|change = -6.87
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Sanaulla Shariff. H
|votes = 14,055
|percentage = 1.90
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Syed Nikhar. A
|votes = 11,830
|percentage = 1.60
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Ameerjan. S
|votes = 8,679
|percentage = 1.17
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,19,222
|percentage = 16.11
|change = +11.55
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,39,864
|percentage = 59.07
|change = -0.91
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing = +4.68
}}
{{Election box end}}

==References==
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==External links==
*https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190408071003/https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/tamilnadu/krishnagiri/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Krishnagiri lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

==See also==
* [[Election Commission of India]]
* [[Krishnagiri]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu]]

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