Arakkonam Assembly constituency

Arakkonam
Arakkonam
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency Details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ranipet
LS constituency	Arakkonam
Total electors	2,20,782
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	S. Ravi
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Coordinates: 13°04′40″N 79°40′00″E / 13.07778°N 79.66667°E / 13.07778; 79.66667

Arakkonam (also known as Arkonam) is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It includes the city of Arakkonam in Ranipettai district and is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.^[2] It is part of the Arakkonam constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^{[citation needed]}

Madras State[edit]

Assembly	Year	Winner
First	1952	Bhaskar	Independent
Second	1957	S. C. Sadayappa Mudaliar	Indian National Congress
Third	1962	S. J. Ramaswamy Mudali	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourth	1967	S. J. Ramaswamy Mudali	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[edit]

Assembly	Year	Winner
Fifth	1971	N. S. Balaraman	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977	V. K. Raju	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980	M. Vijayasarathy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984	V. K. Raju	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989	V. K. Raju	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991	Lata Priyakumar	Indian National Congress
Eleventh	1996	R. Thamizh Chelvan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001	K. Bhavani Karunakaran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006	M. Jaganmoorthy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011	S. Ravi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016	S. Ravi^[3]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2021	S. Ravi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[edit]

Vote share of Winning candidates

2021			50.31%
2016			41.21%
2011			55.94%
2006			47.17%
2001			55.09%
1996			58.13%
1991			55.24%
1989			46.78%
1984			52.24%
1980			48.84%
1977			33.50%
1971			60.11%
1967			52.78%
1962			38.98%
1957			62.46%
1952			45.98%

2021[edit]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ravi	85,399	50.31%	9.10%
	VCK	Gowthama Sannah. J	58,230	34.30%
	NTK	E. Abirami	14,631	8.62%	7.99%
	AMMK	K. C. Manivannan	4,777	2.81%
	MNM	S. Baskaran	3,543	2.09%
	BSP	P. Sudhakar	1,825	1.08%	0.08%
	NOTA	Nota	1,656	0.98%	-0.26%
Margin of victory			27,169	16.00%	13.49%
Turnout			1,69,756	76.89%	1.56%
Registered electors			2,20,782
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.10%

2016[edit]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ravi	68,176	41.21%	-14.73%
	DMK	Rajkumar N	64,015	38.69%
	PMK	Arpudham R	20,130	12.17%
	VCK	Gopinath G	5,213	3.15%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,049	1.24%
	BJP	C. Vijayan	2,021	1.22%
	BSP	Sudhakar P	1,641	0.99%	-0.44%
	NTK	Saravanan M	1,038	0.63%
	Independent	Rajkumar B	373	0.23%
	Independent	Ravi V	278	0.17%
	Independent	Thangavelu P	146	0.09%
Margin of victory			4,161	2.52%	-15.97%
Turnout			1,65,441	75.33%	-3.51%
Registered electors			2,19,621
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-14.73%

2011[edit]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ravi	79,409	55.94%	14.14%
	VCK	S. Sellapandian	53,172	37.46%
	PB	G. Mahalingam	3,007	2.12%
	BSP	P. Sudhakar	2,030	1.43%
	IJK	S. Sendilkumar	1,755	1.24%
		W. Titus Thiyagarajan	1,483	1.04%
	Independent	D. Ravi	1,103	0.78%
Margin of victory			26,237	18.48%	13.11%
Turnout			1,80,053	78.84%	4.94%
Registered electors			1,41,959
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.77%

2006[edit]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Jaganmoorthy	66,338	47.17%	8.73%
	AIADMK	S. Ravi	58,782	41.79%	-13.29%
	DMDK	Usha Rani. R	9,185	6.53%
	Independent	Ravi. V	2,092	1.49%
	BJP	Vijayan. C	1,561	1.11%
	SP	Amutha. M	1,143	0.81%
	Independent	Babu. C	472	0.34%
	Independent	Mohan. S	306	0.22%
	Independent	Dhanapal. M	218	0.15%
	Independent	Annadurai. P	159	0.11%
	Independent	Sampath. K	139	0.10%
Margin of victory			7,556	5.37%	-11.27%
Turnout			1,40,646	73.90%	10.36%
Registered electors			1,90,314
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.92%

2001[edit]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Bhavani Karunakaran	67,034	55.09%
	DMK	Ravishankar R.	46,778	38.44%	-19.69%
	MDMK	Ramani Perumal Tmt	3,530	2.90%	0.31%
	Independent	Vasu E.	1,729	1.42%
	RPI(A)	Arunkumar S	1,634	1.34%
	PB	Ravikumar P	985	0.81%
Margin of victory			20,256	16.65%	-21.93%
Turnout			1,21,690	63.54%	-6.65%
Registered electors			1,91,523
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-3.04%

1996[edit]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Thamizh Chelvan	70,550	58.13%	30.80%
	PMK	Elumalai. R.	23,730	19.55%
	INC	Yasodha. D.	22,802	18.79%	-36.46%
	MDMK	Kesavan. A.	3,147	2.59%
	Independent	Yesudoss @ Rajan	368	0.30%
	Independent	David. G.	256	0.21%
	Independent	Vijayakumar. M. G.	150	0.12%
	Independent	Jayaraj. M.	148	0.12%
	Independent	Venkatesan. G.	121	0.10%
	Independent	Manoji @ Manoji Kumar. C.	102	0.08%
Margin of victory			46,820	38.57%	10.66%
Turnout			1,21,374	70.19%	3.55%
Registered electors			1,82,670
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	2.88%

1991[edit]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lata Priyakumar	61,314	55.24%	32.64%
	DMK	G. Mani	30,332	27.33%	-19.45%
	PMK	Ezhilarasu	18,433	16.61%
style="background-color: Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Tharasu Makkal Mandram\|Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/shortname]]	Pushpa Nehru	428	0.39%
	Independent	S. Manavathi	253	0.23%
	Independent	G. David	232	0.21%
Margin of victory			30,982	27.91%	3.73%
Turnout			1,10,992	66.65%	6.41%
Registered electors			1,70,964
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	8.46%

1989[edit]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. K. Raju	42,511	46.78%	-5.46%
	INC	P. Rajakumar	20,538	22.60%
	Independent	M. Varadarajan	18,653	20.53%
	AIADMK	K. Rajendran	7,602	8.37%	-37.61%
	Independent	K. Pattabi Aravindan	667	0.73%
	Independent	P. Mani	625	0.69%
	Independent	K. Rajamanikkam	180	0.20%
		K. P. Vaiapuri	93	0.10%
Margin of victory			21,973	24.18%	17.92%
Turnout			90,869	60.23%	-17.83%
Registered electors			1,54,062
	DMK hold		Swing	-5.46%

1984[edit]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. K. Raju	52,657	52.24%
	AIADMK	M. Vijayasarathy	46,344	45.98%	-2.86%
	Independent	G. B. Govindan	770	0.76%
	Independent	M. Varadarajan	685	0.68%
	Independent	Agil Thiruma Arasi	346	0.34%
Margin of victory			6,313	6.26%	5.02%
Turnout			1,00,802	78.06%	17.57%
Registered electors			1,34,680
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.40%

1980[edit]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Vijayasarathy	36,314	48.84%	15.34%
	INC	Jayaraj. G	35,393	47.60%	28.70%
	JP	Varadarajan. M	1,486	2.00%
	Independent	Natarajan. S. M. N	758	1.02%
	Independent	Anniappan. M	404	0.54%
Margin of victory			921	1.24%	-9.08%
Turnout			74,355	60.49%	-1.91%
Registered electors			1,24,404
	AIADMK hold		Swing	15.34%

1977[edit]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. K. Raju	24,630	33.50%
	DMK	A. Kannayiram	17,041	23.18%	-36.94%
	JP	A. Jayaraman	15,503	21.09%
	INC	G. Jayaraj	13,893	18.90%	-19.34%
	Independent	V. Balraj	1,342	1.83%
	Independent	K. Subramaniam	1,116	1.52%
Margin of victory			7,589	10.32%	-11.56%
Turnout			73,525	62.40%	-14.84%
Registered electors			1,19,208
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-26.61%

1971[edit]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. S. Balaraman	42,256	60.11%	7.33%
	INC	S. K. Subramania Mudaly	26,878	38.24%	-4.11%
	Independent	Gajenthiran	1,160	1.65%
Margin of victory			15,378	21.88%	11.44%
Turnout			70,294	77.24%	-5.81%
Registered electors			97,843
	DMK hold		Swing	7.33%

1967[edit]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. J. Ramaswamy Mudali	38,478	52.78%	13.81%
	INC	B. Naidu	30,870	42.35%	5.47%
	Independent	Bakthavatchalam	3,549	4.87%
Margin of victory			7,608	10.44%	8.33%
Turnout			72,897	83.05%	2.07%
Registered electors			91,231
	DMK hold		Swing	13.81%

1962[edit]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Anthiyur^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. J. Ramaswamy Mudali	26,586	38.98%
	INC	B. Bakthavatsalu Naidu	25,152	36.87%	-25.59%
		P. Thomas	6,798	9.97%
	Independent	Duraswamy Reddi	4,787	7.02%
	Independent	G. Deenadayalu Naidu	3,161	4.63%
	[[Swatantra Party\|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]]	Chockalinga Reddi	1,728	2.53%
Margin of victory			1,434	2.10%	-38.20%
Turnout			68,212	80.98%	25.50%
Registered electors			87,985
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-23.49%

1957[edit]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. C. Sadayappa Mudaliar	29,669	62.46%	20.62%
	Independent	Thomas	10,527	22.16%
	Independent	A. L. C. Krishnasamy Naidu	7,302	15.37%
Margin of victory			19,142	40.30%	36.17%
Turnout			47,498	55.47%	-11.79%
Registered electors			85,622
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	16.49%

1952[edit]

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bhaktavatsalu Naidu	21,057	45.98%
	INC	Vedachalam	19,165	41.85%	41.85%
style="background-color: Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party\|Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/shortname]]	Jamadagni	3,933	8.59%
	Independent	Amavasigan	1,644	3.59%
Margin of victory			1,892	4.13%
Turnout			45,799	67.27%
Registered electors			68,084
	Independent win (new seat)

References[edit]

↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 38. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
↑ "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 24 January 2022.

[2] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[3] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 38. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[4] "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[5] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[6] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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