Arcot Assembly constituency

Arcot is a constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city, Arcot. It is part of the Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency. Most successful party: DMK (7 times)

Arcot
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constitution-Arcot.svg
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictRanipet
LS constituencyArakkonam
Total electors2,62,476[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAJ. L. Eswarappan
Party DMK  
Elected year2021

Madras StateEdit

Year Winner Party
1952 S. Panchaksharam Chettiar Indian National Congress
1957 S. Kader Sheriff Indian National Congress
1962 Munirathinam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967 Arcot N. Veeraswami Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil NaduEdit

Assembly Year Winner Party
Fifth 1971 Arcot N. Veeraswami Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth 1977 K. J. Uyyakondan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980 A. M. Sethuraman All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth 1984 T. Palani All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth 1989 T. R. Gajapathy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth 1991 G. Viswanathan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh 1996 P. N. Subramani Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth 2001 P. Neelakandan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth 2006 K. L. Elavazhagan Pattali Makkal Katchi
Fourteenth 2011 V.K.R. Srinivasan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016 J. L. Eswarappan[2] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth 2021 J. L. Eswarappan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election resultsEdit

2021Edit

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK J. L. Eswarappan 103,885 50.06% 8.67%
PMK Elavazagan. K. L 83,927 40.44%
NTK R. Kathiravan 12,088 5.82%
MNM A. R. Mohamed Raffi 2,860 1.38%
NOTA Nota 2,253 1.09% 0.10%
AMMK N. Janarthanan 2,190 1.06%
Margin of victory 19,958 9.62% 4.16%
Turnout 2,07,538 79.07% -3.33%
Registered electors 2,62,476
DMK hold Swing 8.67%

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2016Edit

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK J. L. Eswarappan 84,182 41.39%
AIADMK Ramadoss. K. V 73,091 35.94% -17.17%
PMK G. Karikalan 35,043 17.23%
MDMK Udhayakumar P N 5,387 2.65%
BJP Arulraman. D 2,648 1.30% 0.14%
NOTA None Of The Above 2,004 0.99%
Independent Muruganamtham. K 406 0.20%
Independent Sakuthala. A 359 0.18%
LJP Munusamy. C 272 0.13%
Margin of victory 11,091 5.45% -5.51%
Turnout 2,03,392 82.40% -0.80%
Registered electors 2,46,835
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -11.72%

2011Edit

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK R. Srinivasan 93,258 53.11% 13.52%
PMK K. L. Elavazagan 74,005 42.14%
Independent M. Velu 3,211 1.83%
BJP G. Thanigachalam 2,046 1.17% 0.10%
Independent S. R. Vijayan 960 0.55%
Independent C. Srinivasan 710 0.40%
BSP K. Balamurugan 497 0.28%
Independent S. Thirunavukarasu 337 0.19%
LJP K. Anandan 302 0.17%
Independent V. G. Sampath 284 0.16%
Margin of victory 19,253 10.96% 1.82%
Turnout 2,11,067 83.20% 6.25%
Registered electors 1,75,610
AIADMK gain from PMK Swing 4.37%

2006Edit

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PMK Elavazhagan. K. L 60,286 48.73%
AIADMK Chandran. V. R 48,969 39.58% -15.81%
DMDK Velu. V. B 8,523 6.89%
SP Sedhumadavan. S 2,006 1.62%
Independent Kuppusamy. P 1,610 1.30%
BJP Thiyagarajan. S 1,319 1.07%
Independent Kubendiran. V 657 0.53%
LJP Munisamy. C 337 0.27%
Margin of victory 11,317 9.15% -6.81%
Turnout 1,23,707 76.95% 7.72%
Registered electors 1,60,759
PMK gain from AIADMK Swing -6.66%

2001Edit

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Neelakandan P 61,474 55.39% 21.29%
DMK Sundaramoorthy A. K. 43,767 39.44% -19.30%
MDMK Vetriveeran K. S. 3,058 2.76% 1.35%
LNJSP Munusamy C 2,675 2.41%
Margin of victory 17,707 15.96% -8.67%
Turnout 1,10,974 69.23% -4.08%
Registered electors 1,60,346
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -3.34%

1996Edit

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Subramani. P. N. 62,974 58.74% 31.54%
AIADMK Ramadoss. K. V. 36,567 34.11% -27.06%
PMK Mani. A. G. 4,968 4.63%
MDMK Natarajan. K. S. 1,512 1.41%
Independent Gajendiran. K. C. 562 0.52%
Independent Radhakrishnan. N. 177 0.17%
Independent Krishnan. K. 170 0.16%
Independent Baskaran. K. R. 142 0.13%
Independent Durai. N. K. 81 0.08%
Independent Ananda Selvam. T. P. 61 0.06%
Margin of victory 26,407 24.63% -9.34%
Turnout 1,07,214 73.31% 0.56%
Registered electors 1,53,951
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -2.43%

1991Edit

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Viswanathan G. 61,712 61.16% 39.68%
DMK Gajapathi T. R. 27,439 27.20% -9.31%
PMK Poongavanam 10,913 10.82%
JP Murugesan R. 454 0.45%
style="background-color: Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Tharasu Makkal Mandram|Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/shortname]] Ramu N. 378 0.37%
Margin of victory 34,273 33.97% 18.95%
Turnout 1,00,896 72.75% -2.34%
Registered electors 1,43,916
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 24.66%

1989Edit

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Gajapathy. T.R. 34,775 36.50% -2.46%
AIADMK Ramdoss. K.V. 20,470 21.49% -37.47%
AIADMK Palani. T. 14,581 15.31% -43.66%
INC Kannan. A.K.T. 12,053 12.65%
Independent Murthy. G. 11,476 12.05%
Independent Mani S. 425 0.45%
Independent Sethuraman. A.M. 264 0.28%
style="background-color: Template:India Farmers and Tailers Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[India Farmers and Tailers Party|Template:India Farmers and Tailers Party/meta/shortname]] Sundararajan. K. 248 0.26%
Independent Ganesan. A.M. 226 0.24%
Independent Padmanaphan. A.P.N 204 0.21%
Independent Elangovan. K.P. 166 0.17%
Margin of victory 14,305 15.02% -4.98%
Turnout 95,262 75.09% -4.82%
Registered electors 1,29,768
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -22.46%

1984Edit

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK T. Palani 52,222 58.96% 10.12%
DMK N. Arcot Veeraswamy 34,509 38.96%
Independent M. Parasuraman 1,101 1.24%
Independent D. Malar 736 0.83%
Margin of victory 17,713 20.00% 17.37%
Turnout 88,568 79.91% 14.39%
Registered electors 1,16,813
AIADMK hold Swing 10.12%

1980Edit

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Sethuraman. A M 35,998 48.85% 9.55%
INC Akber Pasha. B 34,058 46.21% 36.97%
JP Baskaran. N 3,179 4.31%
Independent Amarthalingam. T. R 460 0.62%
Margin of victory 1,940 2.63% -12.65%
Turnout 73,695 65.52% 1.04%
Registered electors 1,14,631
AIADMK hold Swing 9.55%

1977Edit

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K.J. Uyyakondan 27,193 39.29%
JP N.R. Ethirajulu 16,614 24.01%
DMK P. Jayavelu 16,293 23.54% -34.25%
INC K.R. Munirathinam 6,401 9.25% -27.77%
Independent M. Parameshwaran 2,702 3.90%
Margin of victory 10,579 15.29% -5.49%
Turnout 69,203 64.48% -14.44%
Registered electors 1,08,773
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -18.50%

1971Edit

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK N. Veerasami 39,126 57.79% -2.33%
INC N. R. Ethirajalu Naidu 25,061 37.02% -0.14%
Independent A. R. Ponnusami Naicker 2,777 4.10%
Independent A. K. Ugrapani 449 0.66%
Independent Arumugam 287 0.42%
Margin of victory 14,065 20.78% -2.19%
Turnout 67,700 78.93% 1.75%
Registered electors 88,559
DMK hold Swing -2.33%

1967Edit

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK N. Veeraswamy 37,514 60.13% 11.87%
INC A. G. R. Naicker 23,184 37.16% 3.78%
style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Bharatiya Jana Sangh|Template:Bharatiya Jana Sangh/meta/shortname]] E. P. Pillai 1,695 2.72%
Margin of victory 14,330 22.97% 8.09%
Turnout 62,393 77.18% 1.28%
Registered electors 84,245
DMK hold Swing 11.87%

1962Edit

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Munirathinam 28,485 48.26%
INC S. Khader Shoriff 19,705 33.38% -16.13%
[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]] A. G. Ranganatha Naicker 7,198 12.19%
Independent Sadanandam Chettiar 1,727 2.93%
Independent M. Sundara Raj 1,491 2.53%
Independent Ukarapani 422 0.71%
Margin of victory 8,780 14.87% -6.32%
Turnout 59,028 75.90% 20.08%
Registered electors 82,353
DMK gain from INC Swing -1.26%

1957Edit

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. Khader Sheriff 20,643 49.52% 9.03%
Independent Lachaumanan 11,807 28.32%
Independent Sambasivam 4,926 11.82%
Independent G. M. Samy 3,623 8.69%
Independent A. R. Pachailappan 691 1.66%
Margin of victory 8,836 21.19% 15.31%
Turnout 41,690 55.82% -0.11%
Registered electors 74,691
INC hold Swing 9.03%

1952Edit

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arcot[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. Panchaksharam Chettiar 13,613 40.48% 40.48%
style="background-color: Template:Commonweal Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Commonweal Party|Template:Commonweal Party/meta/shortname]] Nagarathinam 11,635 34.60%
style="background-color: Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|Template:Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party/meta/shortname]] Thiruvengadam Mudaliar 6,111 18.17%
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Party (India)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Socialist Party (India)|Template:Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] Kulasekaran 2,269 6.75%
Margin of victory 1,978 5.88%
Turnout 33,628 55.92%
Registered electors 60,134
INC win (new seat)

ReferencesEdit

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