Veppanahalli
Veppanahalli 138-vote thriller — DMK ends Munusamy's 15-year run
DMK's P. S. Srinivasan toppled four-term sitting MLA K. P. Munusamy (AIADMK) by just 138 votes in Veppanahalli — the second-tightest result in Tamil Nadu in 2026. Munusamy, a long-serving AIADMK strongman who served as the party's deputy general secretary and held this Krishnagiri-belt seat through 2011, 2016 and 2021, watched his margin erode each cycle (≈21,000 → 13,800 → 3,439) until it tipped over by 138 ballots.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SRINIVASAN.P.S | DMK | 74,691 | 33.78% |
| 2 | MUNUSAMY.K.P | AIADMK | 74,553 | 33.72% |
| 3 | SAMPANGI.S.R | TVK | 63,907 | 28.91% |
| 4 | NAGARAJ.R | NTK | 4,519 | 2.04% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 1,570 | 0.71% |
Postal ballot breakdown
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SRINIVASAN.P.S | DMK | 544 | 74,147 | 74,691 |
| 2 | MUNUSAMY.K.P | AIADMK | 533 | 74,020 | 74,553 |
| 3 | SAMPANGI.S.R | TVK | 420 | 63,487 | 63,907 |
| 4 | NAGARAJ.R | NTK | 48 | 4,471 | 4,519 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 11 | 1,559 | 1,570 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
How this seat compares
- Among the five tightest races in TN 2026 — DMK edged through by 138 votes.
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
Veppanahalli was created by the 2008 delimitation, carved from the older Krishnagiri seat. Pre-2008 the area voted in the Krishnagiri constituency, won in 2006 by Munusamy himself; he then shifted to Veppanahalli when it was formed. The 2011 and 2016 margins are rounded approximations; 2021 and 2026 are exact ECI figures.
About Veppanahalli
Veppanahalli is an assembly constituency in Krishnagiri district in north-western Tamil Nadu, carved out of the older Krishnagiri seat by the 2008 delimitation. The Thenpennai river feeds the Krishnagiri Reservoir Project dam just west of the constituency, and the belt is the heartland of India's mango-pulp industry — Bangalora (Totapuri) and Neelam mangoes from these orchards feed exports nationwide. K. P. Munusamy, the AIADMK's former deputy general secretary, won the seat in three straight elections (2011, 2016, 2021) before losing it by 138 votes in 2026.
Krishnagiri & the Mango Belt
Veppanahalli sits in Tamil Nadu's mango-pulp heartland, where the Thenpennai river carves through granite hills dotted with Vijayanagara forts and 9th-century Jain rock-cut beds. From the Sengottaiyamman shrine below KRP Dam to the coracles of Hogenakkal Falls and the bastions of Rayakottai Fort, this eastern Krishnagiri belt rewards travellers who like their history rugged and their fruit ripe. Yelagiri Hills are an hour south for cooler weekends.
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