# K. P. Munusamy

Kaveripattinam Poongavanam Munusamy (born 7 June 1952) is an Indian politician and deputy general secretary of AIADMK and incumbent member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Krishnagiri Constituency. Munusamy completed his Bachelor of Arts from Govt. Arts College, Krishnagiri during 1971-1974 and later graduated Bachelor of Law from Government Law College, Chennai. He was a Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development in the Government of Tamil Nadu.
Munusamy also serves as district secretary, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and secretary of Krishnagiri district Anna employees union.

## Political career

He joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in the year 1972. He rose to the position of Head of the District Youth wing in the party by 1988. He contested in the 1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections where he emerged successful from Kaveripattinam constituency. Later he was elected to the 12th Lok Sabha from Krishnagiri Constituency. During his tenure as Member of Parliament, he was a member in various parliamentary committees including Committee on Agriculture, Committee to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertakings to General Revenues, Consultative Committee of Ministry of Science and Technology and other Science Departments. Then he won the 2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections from the same Kaveripattinam constituency. In January 2011 he became the Krishnagiri District secretary for the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.
In the 2011 Tamil Nadu assembly elections, he was able to gain 89,776 votes against his rival Syed Ghiyas-Ul-Haq of Indian National Congress from Krishnagiri Constituency winning by a margin of 29,097 votes.

## Electoral performance

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veppanahalli :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,054 | 1.49% | −1.22% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 205,141 | 81.62% | −3.12% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 322 | 0.16% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 251,346 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -0.14% | |
2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | P. N. P. Inbasekaran | 76,848 | 38.49% | −3.71 |
| | PMK | Anbumani Ramadoss | 58,402 | 29.25% | New |
| | AIADMK | K. P. Munusamy | 51,687 | 25.89% | New |
| | CPI | N. Nanjappan | 5,624 | 2.82% | −46.5 |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 2,081 | 1.04% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,446 | 9.24% | 2.13% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 199,635 | 88.04% | 5.03% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 226,746 | | |
| | DMK gain from CPI | DMK gain from CPI | Swing | -10.82% | |
2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Krishnagiri :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. P. Munusamy | 89,776 | 55.98% | +19.71 |
| | INC | Syed Ghiyas Ul Haq | 60,679 | 37.83% | New |
| | BJP | Kotteswaran | 3,025 | 1.89% | +1.31 |
| | Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy | R. Raja. | 2,357 | 1.47% | New |
| | Independent | G. Latha | 1,561 | 0.97% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 29,097 | 18.14% | 5.17% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 160,379 | 79.42% | 8.26% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 201,926 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 6.74% | |
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaveripattinam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PMK | T. A. Meganathan | 64,878 | 45.96% | |
| | AIADMK | K. P. Munusamy | 53,144 | 37.64% | −17.11% |
| | DMDK | K. R. Chinnaraj | 14,892 | 10.55% | |
| | Independent | V. Venkatesan | 2,509 | 1.78% | |
| | Independent | T. Rajamani | 1,511 | 1.07% | |
| | BSP | M. Arul Mozhi | 1,173 | 0.83% | |
| | Independent | D. Kuppusamy | 1,069 | 0.76% | |
| | Independent | S. Kaviarasu | 1,043 | 0.74% | |
| | BJP | K. Madappan | 954 | 0.68% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,734 | 8.31% | −6.77% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 141,173 | 77.08% | 11.72% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 183,149 | | |
| | PMK gain from AIADMK | PMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -8.80% | |
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaveripattinam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. P. Munusamy | 67,241 | 54.75% | 22.97% |
| | DMK | V. C. Govindasamy Gounder | 48,724 | 39.67% | −22.84% |
| | MDMK | T. Subramani | 3,785 | 3.08% | 1.73% |
| | Independent | P. Jayaseelan | 3,061 | 2.49% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,517 | 15.08% | −15.65% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 122,811 | 65.36% | −7.06% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 187,940 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -7.76% | |
1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaveripattinam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | P. V. S. Venkatesan | 72,945 | 62.52% | 39.77% |
| | AIADMK | K. P. Munusamy | 37,086 | 31.78% | −37.88% |
| | PMK | Meganathan | 3,032 | 2.60% | |
| | MDMK | V. C. Govindasamy Gounder | 1,582 | 1.36% | |
| | PJP | P. Murugesan | 984 | 0.84% | |
| | Independent | T. Ravi | 430 | 0.37% | |
| | Independent | T. P. Gnanasekaran | 274 | 0.23% | |
| | Independent | T. Thotlan | 195 | 0.17% | |
| | Independent | G. Ramachandran | 153 | 0.13% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 35,859 | 30.73% | −16.19% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 116,681 | 72.42% | 3.48% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 171,738 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -7.15% | |
1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaveripattinam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. P. Munusamy | 70,136 | 69.67% | 36.43% |
| | DMK | V. C. Govindasamy Gounder | 22,900 | 22.75% | −14.42% |
| | PMK | N. Gounder Thatha | 6,084 | 6.04% | |
| | Independent | C. Nagarajan | 651 | 0.65% | |
| | BJP | J. P. Krishnan | 533 | 0.53% | |
| | Independent | R. Sankar | 259 | 0.26% | |
| | Independent | P. M. Ranganathan | 112 | 0.11% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 47,236 | 46.92% | 42.98% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 100,675 | 68.94% | −6.22% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 154,730 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 32.50% | |