Arani | |
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Lok Sabha constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
Assembly constituencies | Polur Arani Cheyyar Vandavasi Gingee Mailam |
Established | 2009 |
Total electors | 14,45,781 [1] |
Reservation | None |
Member of Parliament | |
18th Lok Sabha | |
Incumbent | |
Party | DMK |
Elected year | 2024 |
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]
Arani constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[2]
Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party |
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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 | PMK |
Year | Winning Candidate | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
Vote share of Winning candidates | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
2024 | 43.86% | |||
2019 | 54.32% | |||
2014 | 46.26% | |||
2009 | 47.27% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | M. S. Tharanivendhan | 500,099 | 43.86 | 10.46 | |
AIADMK | G. V. Gajendran | 2,91,333 | 25.55 | 8.48 | |
PMK | A. Ganeshkumar | 2,36,571 | 20.75 | New | |
NTK | G. Bakkiyalakshmi | 66,740 | 5.85 | 3.00 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 9,188 | 0.81 | 0.68 | |
Margin of victory | 2,08,766 | 18.31 | 1.99 | ||
Turnout | 11,40,261 | 75.76 | 3.25 | ||
Registered electors | 14,43,186 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | 10.46 |
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 |
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% |
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) |
Total: 39 Lok Sabha constituencies | |
Defunct constituencies
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