Arakkonam Assembly constituency

Arakkonam
Arakkonam
Constituency No. 38 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ranipet
Lok Sabha constituency	Arakkonam
Established	1951
Total electors	2,00,986
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent V. Gandhiraj
Party	TVK
Alliance	TVK+
Elected year	2026

Arakkonam (also known as Arkonam) is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 38. It includes the city of Arakkonam in Ranipettai district and is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes.^[1] It is part of Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

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RegionSouth India

StateTamil Nadu

DistrictRanipet

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Election	Member
1952	Bhaktavatsalu Naidu	Independent politician
1957	S. C. Sadayappa Mudaliar	Indian National Congress
1962	S. J. Ramaswamy Mudali	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	S. J. Ramaswamy Mudali
1971	N. S. Balaraman
1977	V. K. Raju	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. Vijayasarathy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	V. K. Raju	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	V. K. Raju	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	Lata Priyakumar	Indian National Congress
1996	R. Thamizh Chelvan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. Bhavani Karunakaran	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	M. Jaganmoorthy	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	S. Ravi	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
2021
2026	V. Gandhiraj	Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam


2026			40.46%
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%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TVK	V. Gandhiraj	73,776	40.46%	*New*
	VCK	Ezhil Caroline	50,655	27.78%	6.52
	AIADMK	S. Ravi	50,052	27.45%	New
	NTK	K. Rajkumar	5,191	2.85%	5.77
	NOTA	None of the above	899	0.49%	0.49
Margin of victory			23,121	12.68%	3.32
Turnout			182,493	90.80%	15.39
Total valid votes			182,340
Registered electors			200,986		11.58
	TVK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.85

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ravi	85,399	50.31%	9.10
	VCK	J. Gowthama Sannah	58,230	34.30%	31.15
	NTK	E. Abirami	14,631	8.62%	7.99
	AMMK	K. C. Manivannan	4,777	2.81%	New
	MNM	S. Baskaran	3,543	2.09%	New
	BSP	P. Sudhakar	1,825	1.08%	0.09
	NOTA	None of the above	1,656	0.98%	0.26
Margin of victory			27,169	16.00%	13.48
Turnout			171,417	75.41%	0.08
Total valid votes			169,756
Rejected ballots			5	0.00%
Registered electors			227,320		3.51
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ravi	68,176	41.21%	14.73
	DMK	N. Rajkumar	64,015	38.69%	New
	PMK	R. Arpudham	20,130	12.17%	New
	VCK	G. Gopinath	5,213	3.15%	34.31
	NOTA	None of the above	2,049	1.24%	New
	BJP	C. Vijayan	2,021	1.22%	New
	BSP	P. Sudhakar	1,641	0.99%	0.44
	NTK	M. Saravanan	1,038	0.63%	New
Margin of victory			4,161	2.52%	15.96
Turnout			165,445	75.33%	3.55
Total valid votes			165,441
Rejected ballots			4	0.00%	0.05
Registered electors			219,621		21.98
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Arakkonam Assembly constituency

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Assembly election 2026

Assembly election 2021

Assembly election 2016

Assembly election 2011

Assembly election 2006

Assembly election 2001

Assembly election 1996

Assembly election 1991

Assembly election 1989

Assembly election 1984

Assembly election 1980

Assembly election 1977

Assembly election 1971

Assembly election 1967

Assembly election 1962

Assembly election 1957

Assembly election 1952

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Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Ravi	79,409	55.94%	14.15
	VCK	S. Sellapandian	53,172	37.46%	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	G. Mahalingam	3,007	2.12%	New
	BSP	P. Sudhakar	2,030	1.43%	New
	IJK	S. Sendilkumar	1,755	1.24%	New
	Akhila India Jananayaka Makkal Katchi (Dr. Issac)	W. Titus Thiyagarajan	1,483	1.04%	New
	Independent	D. Ravi	1,103	0.78%
Margin of victory			26,237	18.48%	13.11
Turnout			142,028	78.88%	4.90
Total valid votes			141,959
Rejected ballots			69	0.05%	0.05
Registered electors			180,053		5.39
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	8.77

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Jaganmoorthy	66,338	47.17%	8.73
	AIADMK	S. Ravi	58,782	41.79%	New
	DMDK	R. Usha Rani	9,185	6.53%	New
	Independent	V. Ravi	2,092	1.49%
	BJP	C. Vijayan	1,561	1.11%	New
	SP	M. Amutha	1,143	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			7,556	5.37%	11.28
Turnout			140,786	73.98%	10.44
Total valid votes			140,646
Registered electors			190,314		0.63
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	7.92

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Bhavani Karunakaran	67,034	55.09%	*New*
	DMK	R. Ravishankar	46,778	38.44%	19.69
	MDMK	Ramani Perumal	3,530	2.90%	0.31
	Independent	E. Vasu	1,729	1.42%
	RPI	S. Arunkumar	1,634	1.34%	New
	Puratchi Bharatham	Ravikumar. P	985	0.81%	New
Margin of victory			20,256	16.65%	21.92
Turnout			121,695	63.54%	6.65
Total valid votes			121,690
Registered electors			191,523		4.85
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	3.04

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Thamizh Chelvan	70,550	58.13%	30.80
	PMK	R. Elumalai	23,730	19.55%	2.94
	INC	D. Yasodha	22,802	18.79%	36.45
	MDMK	A. Kesavan	3,147	2.59%	New
Margin of victory			46,820	38.57%	10.66
Turnout			128,223	70.19%	3.54
Total valid votes			121,374
Rejected ballots			6,884	5.37%	2.78
Registered electors			182,670		6.85
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	2.89

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%	New
Margin of victory			30,982	27.91%	3.73
Turnout			113,940	66.65%	6.42
Total valid votes			110,992
Rejected ballots			2,948	2.59%	0.51
Registered electors			170,964		10.97
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	8.46

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. K. Raju	42,511	46.78%	5.46
	INC	P. Rajakumar	20,538	22.60%	New
	Independent	M. Varadarajan	18,653	20.53%
	AIADMK	K. Rajendran	7,602	8.37%	New
	Independent	K. Pattabi Aravindan	667	0.73%
	Independent	P. Mani	625	0.69%
Margin of victory			21,973	24.18%	17.92
Turnout			92,795	60.23%	17.83
Total valid votes			90,869
Rejected ballots			1,926	2.08%	2.04
Registered electors			154,062		14.39
	DMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. K. Raju	52,657	52.24%	*New*
	AIADMK	M. Vijayasarathy	46,344	45.98%	2.86
	Independent	G. B. Govindan	770	0.76%
	Independent	M. Varadarajan	685	0.68%
Margin of victory			6,313	6.26%	5.02
Turnout			105,130	78.06%	17.57
Total valid votes			100,802
Rejected ballots			4,328	4.12%	2.93
Registered electors			134,680		8.26
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.40

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Vijayasarathy	36,314	48.84%	*New*
	INC	G. Jayaraj	35,393	47.60%	28.70
	JP	M. Varadarajan	1,486	2.00%	New
	Independent	S. M. N. Natarajan	758	1.02%
Margin of victory			921	1.24%	9.08
Turnout			75,248	60.49%	1.91
Total valid votes			74,355
Rejected ballots			893	1.19%	0.04
Registered electors			124,404		4.36
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	15.34

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. K. Raju	24,630	33.50%	*New*
	DMK	A. Kannayiram	17,041	23.18%	36.93
	JP	A. Jayaraman	15,503	21.09%	New
	INC	G. Jayaraj	13,893	18.90%	New
	Independent	V. Balraj	1,342	1.83%
	Independent	K. Subramaniam	1,116	1.52%
Margin of victory			7,589	10.32%	11.56
Turnout			74,384	62.40%	14.84
Total valid votes			73,525
Rejected ballots			859	1.15%	1.15
Registered electors			119,208		21.84
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	26.61

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. S. Balaraman	42,256	60.11%	7.33
	INC	S. K. Subramania Mudaly	26,878	38.24%	New
	Independent	Gajenthiran	1,160	1.65%
Margin of victory			15,378	21.88%	11.44
Turnout			75,572	77.24%	5.81
Total valid votes			70,294
Registered electors			97,843		7.25
	DMK hold		Swing

1962 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam^[18]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. J. Ramaswamy Mudali	26,586	38.98%	*New*
	INC	Bhaktavatsalu Naidu	25,152	36.87%	25.59
	RPI	P. Thomas	6,798	9.97%	New
	Independent	Duraswamy Reddi	4,787	7.02%
	Independent	G. Deenadayalu Naidu	3,161	4.63%
	SWA	Chockalinga Reddi	1,728	2.53%	New
Margin of victory			1,434	2.10%	38.20
Turnout			71,248	80.98%	25.51
Total valid votes			68,212
Registered electors			87,985		2.76
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	23.48

1952 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Arakkonam^[20]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Bhaktavatsalu Naidu	21,057	45.98%	*New*
	INC	Vedachalam	19,165	41.85%	New
	KMPP	Jamadagni	3,933	8.59%	New
	Independent	Amavasigan	1,644	3.59%	New
Margin of victory			1,892	4.13%
Turnout			45,799	67.27%
Total valid votes			45,799
Registered electors			68,084
	Independent win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. J. Ramaswamy Mudali	38,478	52.78%	13.80
	INC	B. Naidu	30,870	42.35%	5.48
	Independent	Bakthavatchalam	3,549	4.87%
Margin of victory			7,608	10.44%	8.34
Turnout			75,765	83.05%	2.07
Total valid votes			72,897
Registered electors			91,231		3.69
	DMK hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. C. Sadayappa Mudaliar	29,669	62.46%	20.61
	Independent	P. 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%	11.80
Total valid votes			47,498
Registered electors			85,622		25.76
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	16.48