Veppanahalli Assembly constituency

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Veppanahalli
Constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictKrishnagiri
LS constituencyKrishnagiri
Total electors2,51,346[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Elected year2021

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 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)

References
  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 54. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. "Veppanahalli Election Result". Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  6. "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.
  7. 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.
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