Arcot (state assembly constituency)

Arcot
Arcot
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ranipet
LS constituency	Arakkonam
Total electors	2,62,476
Most successful party	dmk (7 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	J. L. Eswarappan
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Last updated February 23, 2022

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)

Madras State

Year	Winner
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 Nadu

Assembly	Year	Winner
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 Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arcot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	J L eshwarappan	103,291	49.79
	AIADMK	S.M.Sugumar	86,793	41.84
	NTK	V.Shylaja	10,234	4.93
	MNM	M.Atham Basha	2,762	1.33
	None of the Above	Nota	1,632	0.79
	BSP	A.Yuvaraj	669	0.32
	AMMK	G.Veeramani	637	0.31
Margin of victory			16,498
Turnout			207,462
	DMK hold		Swing

2016

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

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arcot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. K. R. Srinivasan
	PMK

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arcot^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Munirathinam	28,485	48.26%
	INC	S. Khader Shoriff	19,705	33.38%	-16.13%
	SWA	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%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arcot^[4]
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%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arcot^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Panchaksharam Chettiar	13,613	40.48%	40.48%
	Commonweal Party	Nagarathinam	11,635	34.60%
	KMPP	Thiruvengadam Mudaliar	6,111	18.17%
	Socialist	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)

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References

↑ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 42. 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.

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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 January 2022.

[2] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 42. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

[3] "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[4] "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.

[5] "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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