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Arcot
Indian electoral constituency

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Ranipet
LS constituency	Arakkonam
Total electors	2,62,476
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent J. L. Eswarappan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Arcot is a constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city, Arcot. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 43. It is part of the Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency. Most successful party: DMK (7 times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

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	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. 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%
Rejected ballots			265	0.13%
Registered electors			2,62,476
	DMK hold		Swing	8.67%

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%	−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%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
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%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
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%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
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%
	LJP	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%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
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%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
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%
	THMM	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%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
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%
	India Farmers and Tailers Party	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%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
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%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
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%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
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%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
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%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Veeraswamy	37,514	60.13%	11.87%
	INC	A. G. R. Naicker	23,184	37.16%	3.78%
	ABJS	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%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arcot
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
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
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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