K. P. Munusamy

In this Indian name, the name Kaveripattinam Poongavanam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Munusamy.

K. P. Munusamy
Deputy General Secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Incumbent
Assumed office 11 July 2022 Serving with Natham R. Viswanathan
General Secretary	Edappadi K. Palaniswami
Preceded by	T. T. V. Dhinakaran
Deputy Co-ordinator for AIADMK
In office 21 August 2017 – 23 June 2022 Serving with R. Vaithilingam
Preceded by	position established
Succeeded by	position abolished
Minister for Municipal Administration and Rural Development
In office 16 May 2011 – 20 May 2014
Chief Minister	J.Jayalalithaa
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Constituency	Veppanahalli
In office 2011–2016
Constituency	Krishnagiri
In office 2001–2006
Constituency	Kavaripattinam
In office 1991–1996
Constituency	Kavaripattinam
Member of Parliament
In office 1998–1999
Constituency	Krishnagiri Lok Sabha
Member of Parliament, Rajya sabha
In office 2 April 2020 – 10 May 2021
Constituency	Tamil Nadu
Personal details
Born	(1952-06-07) 7 June 1952 (age 72) Kaveripattinam, Madras State, India
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Mangayarkarasi
Children	Sathish Kumar Munusamy, Karthik Munusamy, Uma Maheshwari kannan
Residence(s)	Kaveripattinam, Krishnagiri district, Tamil Nadu, India

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] He contested in the 1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections where he emerged successful from Kaveripattinam constituency.[4] 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.[5] Then he won the 2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly elections from the same Kaveripattinam constituency.[6] In January 2011 he became the Krishnagiri District secretary for the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.

In the recent 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.[7]

Electoral performance

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Veppanahalli[8]

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 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Pennagaram[9]

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			18,446	9.24%	2.13%
Turnout			199,635	88.04%	5.03%
Registered electors			226,746
	DMK gain from CPI		Swing	-10.82%

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Krishnagiri[10]

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			29,097	18.14%	5.17%
Turnout			160,379	79.42%	8.26%
Registered electors			201,926
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	6.74%

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaveripattinam[11]

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			11,734	8.31%	−6.77%
Turnout			141,173	77.08%	11.72%
Registered electors			183,149
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.80%

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaveripattinam[12]

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			18,517	15.08%	−15.65%
Turnout			122,811	65.36%	−7.06%
Registered electors			187,940
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-7.76%

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaveripattinam[13]

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			35,859	30.73%	−16.19%
Turnout			116,681	72.42%	3.48%
Registered electors			171,738
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.15%

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Kaveripattinam[14]

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			47,236	46.92%	42.98%
Turnout			100,675	68.94%	−6.22%
Registered electors			154,730
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	32.50%

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