KRISHNAGIRI
Assembly seat no. 53 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 13 times since 1971.
Tamil Nadu also has a Lok Sabha constituency called KRISHNAGIRI. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 14 results.
Winner, 2026
Mukundhan.p
TVK
Elections held
13
1971–2026
Most successful party
DMK
won 5 of 13
Margin, 2026
18,844
8.19% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
ADMKAshokkumar.k
- Votes
- 70,530
- Vote share
- 30.64%
- Behind by
- 18,844
Electors
2,69,394
Total votes polled
2,30,181
Valid votes
2,30,181
NOTA votes
1,136
0.49% of votes polled
Turnout
85.4%
Full result, 2026
15 candidates · 2,30,181 valid votes
Mukundhan.pTVKwon
89,374
38.8%
Ashokkumar.kADMK
70,530
30.6%
Chellakumar.aINC
59,597
25.9%
SuganthiNTK
6,398
2.8%
Sivakumar.sBSP
608
0.3%
Singaravelan ViswanathanVSHWTMLK
535
0.2%
Muthulakshmi VeerappanTAVK
366
0.2%
MangammalTMK
336
0.1%
Sivan.cIND
285
0.1%
Srinivasan.kIND
231
0.1%
Venkateshraja.eIND
168
0.1%
Advocate.muthaiah.s.TK
159
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 15. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 13 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Mukundhan.p | TVK | 89,374 | 38.83% | Ashokkumar.k | 18,844 |
| 2021 | Ashokkumar.K | ADMK | 96,050 | 45.38% | SENGUTTUVAN.T | 794 |
| 2016 | T.SENGUTTUVAN | DMK | 87,637 | 43.80% | V.GOVINDARAJ | 4,891 |
| 2011 | K.P.MUNUSAMY | ADMK | 89,776 | 55.98% | SYED GHIYAS UL HAQ | 29,097 |
| 2006 | SENGUTTUVAN T | DMK | 69,068 | 49.24% | GOVINDARAJ V | 18,195 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above