Veppanahalli Assembly constituency

State Legislative Assembly Constituency in Tamil Nadu

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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
LS constituency	Krishnagiri
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 2007.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 54. Located in Krishnagiri district, it comprises portions of the Hosur, Denkanikottai, and Krishnagiri taluks. The constituency is part of Krishnagiri parliamentary 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
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)

References

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 54. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
^ "Veppanahalli Election Result". Retrieved 2 July 2022.
^ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.