Arani Lok Sabha constituency

Arani
Arani
Lok Sabha constituency
	Arni constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Polur; Arani; Cheyyar; Vandavasi ; Gingee; Mailam
Established	2009-present
Total electors	14,45,781
Member of Parliament
	17th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Dr. M. K. Vishnu Prasad
Party	INC
Elected year	2019 Election

Arani is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 12 of 39. It was created during the 2008 assembly delimitation from the former Vandavasi constituency.^[1]

Assembly segments

Arani constituency is composed of the following assembly segments.

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
66	Polur	None	Tiruvannamalai	AIADMK
67	Arani	None		AIADMK
68	Cheyyar	None		DMK
69	Vandavasi	SC		DMK
70	Gingee	None	Viluppuram	DMK
71	Mailam	None	Viluppuram	PMK

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Members of the Parliament

Year	Winning Candidate
2009	M. Krishnasamy	Indian National Congress
2014	V. Elumalai	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	Dr. M. K. Vishnu Prasad^[3]	Indian National Congress

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2019			54.32%
2014			46.26%
2009			47.27%

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election : Arani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. K. Vishnu Prasad	617,760	54.32%	51.77%
	AIADMK	V. Elumalai	3,86,954	34.03%	-12.23%
	Independent	G. Senthamizhan	46,383	4.08%
	NTK	A. Tamizharasi	32,409	2.85%
	NOTA	None of the above	16,921	1.49%	0.63%
	MNM	V. Shaji	14,776	1.30%
Margin of victory			2,30,806	20.30%	-2.14%
Turnout			11,37,225	79.01%	-0.87%
Registered electors			14,49,150		5.80%
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	8.06%

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election : Arani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Elumalai	502,721	46.26%	11.72%
	DMK	R. Sivanandam	2,58,877	23.82%
	PMK	A. K. Moorthy	2,53,332	23.31%
	INC	M. K. Vishnu Prasad	27,717	2.55%	-44.72%
	Independent	K. Moorthy	10,263	0.94%
	NOTA	None of the above	9,304	0.86%
	Independent	V. Moorthy	8,059	0.74%
	BSP	A. Ganesan	5,573	0.51%	-0.64%
Margin of victory			2,43,844	22.44%	9.71%
Turnout			10,86,742	80.06%	2.90%
Registered electors			13,69,668		24.76%
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-1.01%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election : Arani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	M. Krishnasamy	396,728	47.27%
	AIADMK	N. Subramaniyan	2,89,898	34.54%
	DMDK	Ra. Mohanam	1,05,729	12.60%
	Independent	M. Velaudham	14,919	1.78%
	BSP	A. Shankar	9,700	1.16%
	PNK	K. Saravanakumar	6,022	0.72%
	SP	T. V. Hariraj	5,178	0.62%
	Independent	G. Lokesh	4,934	0.59%
Margin of victory			1,06,830	12.73%
Turnout			8,39,297	76.62%
Registered electors			10,97,865
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ Karthikeyan, Ajitha (3 March 2009). "Delimitation wipes 13 seats off map". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
↑ "Assembly seats increase to 13 in Vellore district". The Hindu. 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009.
↑ "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.

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

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[1] Karthikeyan, Ajitha (3 March 2009). "Delimitation wipes 13 seats off map". The Times of India. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

[2] "Assembly seats increase to 13 in Vellore district". The Hindu. 3 February 2009. Archived from the original on 11 February 2009.

[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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