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Hosur

Assembly constituency 55 · General seat · Krishnagiri district

P. Balakrishna Reddy (ADMK) is the MLA for Hosur.

ADMK took the seat from DMK in 2026.

In 2026 P. Balakrishna Reddy won with 39.5% of the vote, 27,803 votes ahead of Vendarkarasan. S (TVK).

In the last 30 days Hosur was named in 31 mentions from 6 outlets.

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Map of Hosur constituency, Krishnagiri districtHosur drawn on its boundary with the seats around it. Thalli, Veppanahalli
Boundaries: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India), approximate.
Lok Sabha seat
Krishnagiri
Area
about 434 km² (from the boundary)
Turnout 2021
70.5%
Seats sharing a border
Thalli · Veppanahalli

Election results

ElectionWinnerVotesRunner-upVotesMargin
2026ADMK P. Balakrishna Reddy109,867 · 39.5%TVK Vendarkarasan. S82,064 · 29.5%27,803 (10.0 pts)
2021DMK Y. Prakaash118,231 · 47.6%ADMK S. Jyothi Balakrishna Reddy105,864 · 42.7%12,367 (5.0 pts)
2016ADMK Balakrishna Reddy P89,510 · 41.6%INC Gopinath K66,546 · 30.9%22,964 (10.7 pts)
2011INC K. Gopinath65,034 · 37.8%DMDK S. John Timothy50,882 · 29.6%14,152 (8.2 pts)
Winner's and runner-up's share of the vote at each election

officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.

Attention in the news

Hosur: mentions per week

Busiest week: 20 July (24 mentions).

articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover

159 mentions of Hosur since 1 June 2026 from 19 outlets.

observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.

Issues and parties in the news

Hosur, last 30 days: topics named in the same items

Development & Infrastructure4
Law & Order3
Women's Safety1
Water & Cauvery1
Farmers & Agriculture1

Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls

Krishnagiri news, 30 daysHosur vote, 2026
ADMK139.5%
TVK729.5%
INC3did not stand
DMK226.6%

Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.

observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.

Seats in Krishnagiri district

Krishnagiri
Seat2026 winnerLead (points)Mentions, 30 days
UthangaraiTVK2.54
BargurADMK2.02
KrishnagiriTVK8.262†
VeppanahalliDMK0.10
HosurADMK10.031
ThalliCPI2.55

† Krishnagiri is also the district's name: its count includes news about the whole district.

officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.

Latest

Headlines that name Hosur

  1. உள்ளதும் போச்சு! பரந்தூர் தொடங்கி.. ஓசூர் வரை! வளர்ச்சி திட்டங்களை முடக்கிய விஜய் அரசு! விமர்சனம்!Oneindia Tamil

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Sources and method

  • Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
  • Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
  • Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
  • Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
  • Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
  • official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.

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