Krishnagiri (State Assembly Constituency)

Krishnagiri is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is included in the Krishnagiri Parliamentary constituency. This constituency is delimited in the year 2008. Krishnagiri will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016.[1]


It consists of the following areas.[2]

Madras State

Year Winner Party
1952 D. Krishna Moorthy Gounder Independent
1957 S. Nagaraja Manigar Indian National Congress
1962 Sreeramulu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967 P. M. M. Gounder Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year Winner Party
1971 C. Maniappan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 K. R. Chinnarasu Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 K. R. Chinnarasu Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 K. R. Chinnaraju Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 K. Kanchana Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 K. Munivenkatappan Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 Kanchana Kamalanathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 V. Govindarasu Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 T. Senguttuvan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 K. P. Munusamy Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

References

  1. "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes".
  2. "Constituencies post-delimitation 2008" (PDF). CEO, Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 19 September 2011.

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