Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency

Arakkonam
Arakkonam
Lok Sabha constituency
	Arakkonam constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Tiruttani; Arakkonam ; Sholinghur; Katpadi; Ranipet; Arcot
Established	1977-present
Total electors	14,94,929
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Dr.S.Jagathrakshakan
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
Elected year	2019 Election

Arakkonam is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 7 of 39.

Assembly segments

No	Name	District	Member
3.	Tiruttani	None	Thiruvallur	DMK
38.	Arakkonnam	SC	Ranipet	AIADMK
39.	Sholinghur	None	Ranipet	INC
40.	Katpadi	None	Vellore	DMK
41.	Ranipet	None	Ranipet	DMK
42.	Arcot	None	Ranipet	DMK

Arakkonam constituency as laid out by 1971 Delimitation. The boundaries for this constituency lasted until 2004 election, which was then replaced by 2008 Delimitation.

Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Before 2009:

1.Pallipattu

2.Arakkonam (SC)

3.Solingar

4.Ranipettai

5.arcaud

6.Seyyaru

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winning Candidate
1967	S. K. Sambandhan*	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar*	Indian National Congress
1977	O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar*
1980	A. M. Velu Mudaliyar
1984	Jeevarathinam Rangaswamy
1989
1991
1996	A. M. Velu Mudaliyar	Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	C. Gopal Mudaliyar	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	S. Jagathrakshakan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004	R. Velu	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2009	S. Jagathrakshakan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014	G. Hari	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	S. Jagathrakshakan^[3]	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

*as Tiruthani seat

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2019			57.47%
2014			45.75%
2009			48.75%
2004			49.90%
1999			47.72%
1998			51.56%
1996			59.05%
1991			53.90%
1989			42.77%
1984			52.20%
1980			60.83%
1977			52.40%

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Jagathrakshakan	672,190	57.47%	34.03%
	PMK	A. K. Moorthy	3,43,234	29.34%
	Independent	N. G. Parthiban	66,826	5.71%
	NTK	Y. R. Pavendhan	29,347	2.51%
	MNM	N. Rajendran	23,771	2.03%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	12,179	1.04%	0.08%
	BSP	D. Doss	8,307	0.71%	0.03%
Margin of victory			3,28,956	28.12%	5.80%
Turnout			11,69,677	77.98%	1.03%
Registered electors			15,00,016		7.01%
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	11.71%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Hari	493,534	45.75%
	DMK	N. R. Elango	2,52,768	23.43%	-25.31%
	PMK	R. Velu	2,33,762	21.67%
	INC	R. Rajesh	56,337	5.22%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	10,370	0.96%
	BSP	D. Doss	7,354	0.68%	-0.10%
	Independent	S. Gajendran	6,570	0.61%
	Independent	Panchu Udayakumar	6,025	0.56%
Margin of victory			2,40,766	22.32%	9.42%
Turnout			10,78,682	76.95%	-0.55%
Registered electors			14,01,813		27.60%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.99%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Jagathrakshakan	415,041	48.75%
	PMK	R. Velu	3,05,245	35.85%
	DMDK	S. Sankar	82,038	9.64%
	Independent	D. Panjatsaram	7,078	0.83%
	BSP	Mary John	6,641	0.78%
	PNK	W. B. Palan	6,026	0.71%
Margin of victory			1,09,796	12.90%	-0.28%
Turnout			10,98,607	77.50%	10.67%
Rejected ballots			147	0.02%
Registered electors			8,51,402		-5.31%
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	-1.15%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	R. Velu	386,911	49.90%
	AIADMK	N. Shanmugam	2,84,715	36.72%
	Janata Dal (United)	S. Sethu Madhavan	34,876	4.50%
	JP	M. Kulandaivelu	22,284	2.87%
	Independent	V. Venkatesan	9,646	1.24%
	RPI(A)	S. Arunkumar	5,507	0.71%
	Independent	M. Velu	5,022	0.65%
	Independent	N. Ravi	4,371	0.56%
	Independent	G. Sampath	4,333	0.56%
	Independent	K. Velu	4,061	0.52%
Margin of victory			1,02,196	13.18%	0.01%
Turnout			7,75,439	66.83%	0.51%
Registered electors			11,60,259		3.59%
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.17%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Jagathrakshakan	346,520	47.72%
	INC	K. V. Thangkabalu	2,50,876	34.55%	12.22%
	TMC(M)	A. M. Velu	1,21,386	16.72%
Margin of victory			95,644	13.17%	6.07%
Turnout			7,26,113	66.32%	-6.89%
Registered electors			11,20,043		4.41%
	DMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-11.32%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Gopal	359,431	51.56%
	TMC(M)	A. M. Velu	3,09,943	44.46%
	INC	R. Dhamotharan	24,519	3.52%
Margin of victory			49,488	7.10%	-29.61%
Turnout			6,97,078	67.26%	-5.95%
Registered electors			10,72,687		3.68%
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-7.48%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	A. M. Velu	425,974	59.05%
	INC	R. Raviram	1,61,129	22.34%	-31.56%
	AIIC(T)	N. Venugopal	80,714	11.19%
	JD	Jayakaran Joseph	31,703	4.39%
	BJP	N. Manoharan	6,596	0.91%	-1.09%
	Independent	K. Manavalan	3,433	0.48%
Margin of victory			2,64,845	36.71%	9.38%
Turnout			7,21,411	73.21%	3.98%
Registered electors			10,34,646		6.80%
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	5.15%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jeevarathinam Rangaswamy	348,516	53.90%	11.13%
	DMK	M. Kannaiyan	1,71,806	26.57%	-7.29%
	PMK	S. Subramaniam	98,809	15.28%
	BJP	D. V. R. Eraghavan	12,954	2.00%
Margin of victory			1,76,710	27.33%	18.42%
Turnout			6,46,635	69.23%	-3.84%
Registered electors			9,68,764		-0.65%
	INC hold		Swing	11.13%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jeevarathinam Rangaswamy	299,587	42.77%	-9.43%
	DMK	K. Murthy	2,37,194	33.86%	-7.47%
	PMK	S. Subramaniam	1,47,902	21.11%
Margin of victory			62,393	8.91%	-1.96%
Turnout			7,00,515	73.07%	-5.18%
Registered electors			9,75,104		28.70%
	INC hold		Swing	-9.43%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jeevarathinam Rangaswamy	292,606	52.20%
	DMK	Pulavar K Govindan	2,31,664	41.33%
	BJP	M. D. Kalyanasundaram	15,462	2.76%
	Independent	K. Selvaraju	10,158	1.81%
	Independent	A. Kanthappan	8,967	1.60%
Margin of victory			60,942	10.87%	-14.76%
Turnout			5,60,559	78.26%	11.52%
Registered electors			7,57,665		8.02%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	-8.63%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	A. M. Velu	278,516	60.83%
	AIADMK	A. M. Ragunathan	1,61,155	35.20%
	Independent	K. Krishnan	7,904	1.73%
	Independent	A. M. Periasamy Reddiar	4,153	0.91%
	Independent	C. A. Balakrishnan	3,255	0.71%
	JP(S)	A. Janaki Raman	2,875	0.63%
Margin of victory			1,17,361	25.63%	13.20%
Turnout			4,57,858	66.74%	-4.88%
Registered electors			7,01,433		5.11%
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	8.43%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election : Arakkonam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	O. V. Alagesan	243,818	52.40%
	DMK	N. Veeraswami	1,85,954	39.96%
	Independent	R. Margabandu	11,997	2.58%
	Independent	Y. Daniel	9,638	2.07%
	Independent	K. Selvaraju	4,471	0.96%
	Independent	A. Kanthappan	3,670	0.79%
	Independent	D. Raghavan	2,593	0.56%
Margin of victory			57,864	12.44%
Turnout			4,65,330	71.62%
Registered electors			6,67,308
	INC win (new seat)

Note: The incumbent party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition partner Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), who won the seat. Thus, the UPA held the seat. PMK had not contested this seat in the previous 1999 elections.

References

↑ GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
↑ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2008.
↑ "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

Election Commission of India: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

External links

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[1] GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result

[2] "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2008. Retrieved 8 October 2008.

[3] "General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected" (PDF). New Delhi: Election Commission of India. 25 May 2019. p. 26. Retrieved 2 June 2019.

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