Krishnagiri is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 53. It is a part of the similarly named constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. This constituency is delimited in the year 2008. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.
Krishnagiri was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.
It comprises the following areas. Krishnagiri Taluk (Part) - Polupalli, Kurubarapalli, Ragimaganapalli, Junjupalli, Byanapalli, Kothapetta, Kattinayanapalli, Kammaampalli, Boganapalli, Pethathalapalli, Gangaleri, Kondepalli, Kompalli, Sembadamuthur, Gooliam, Bellampalli, Chikkapoovathi, Thandegoundanahalli, Alapatti, Agaram, Marikkampalli, Bellarampalli, Periyamuthur, Devasamudiram, Agasipalli, Chowttahalli, Sundekuppam, Timmapuram, Katteri, Gundalapatti, Sokkadi, Velakalahalli, Chaparthi, Bannihalli, Mittahalli, Errahalli, Kaveripattinam, Paiyur, Jagadab, Kallukurukki and Karadihalli villages. Krishnagiri Municipality & Kattiganapalli Kaveripattinam Town Panchayat
Members of Legislative Assembly Madras State
Year Winner Party 1952 D. Krishna Moorthy Gounder 1957 S. Nagaraja Manigar 1962 Sreeramulu 1967 P. M. M. Gounder
Tamil Nadu
Year Winner Party 1971 C. Maniappan 1977 K. R. Chinnarasu 1980 1984 1989 K. Kanchana 1991 K. Munivenkatappan 1996 Kanchana Kamalanathan 2001 V. Govindarasu 2006 T. Senguttuvan 2011 K. P. Munusamy 2016 T. Senguttuvan 2021 K. Ashok Kumar 2026 P. Mukundhan
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