A. Arunmozhithevan

A. Arunmozhithevan (born 1968) is an Indian politician. He is currently serving as Member Of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for Bhuvanagiri constituency since 2021. He was a Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu, elected to the Lok Sabha from Cuddalore constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2014 election.^[1][2]

A. Arunmozhithevan
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 2021
Preceded by	K. Saravanan Durai
Constituency	Bhuvanagiri
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 2014-2019
Preceded by	K. S. Alagiri
Succeeded by	T. R. V. S. Ramesh
Constituency	Cuddalore
Personal details
Born	(1968-06-02) 2 June 1968 (age 57) (Tittakudi) Tamil Nadu
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Children	3
Residence(s)	No.176, Main Road, Vathistapuram, Tittagudi-606106.

Political career

In September 2018, Bharatiya Janata Party's H Raja had accused Arunmozhithevan of encroaching upon a temple land in Thittakudi.^[3] Arunmozhithevan criticized Raja and said H Raja was mentally affected, seeking to create communal clashes in the state.^[4] Five days after Arunmozhithevan submitted a petition seeking action against H Raja for making baseless allegations against him, the Central Crime Branch said that cases have been registered against the BJP leader H Raja under various sections.^[5]

Electoral performance

This section is transcluded from Bhuvanagiri Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Bhuvanagiri

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Arunmozhithevan	96,453	48.92%	20.07%
	DMK	Saravanan. Durai. K	88,194	44.73%	13.00%
	NTK	Rathinavel. R.	6,958	3.53%	2.96%
	AMMK	Balamurugan. K. S. K	2,470	1.25%
	NOTA	Nota	1,058	0.54%	−0.06%
Margin of victory			8,259	4.19%	1.31%
Turnout			1,97,165	79.45%	−0.46%
Rejected ballots			253	0.13%
Registered electors			2,48,157
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	17.19%

This section is transcluded from Chidambaram Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Chidambaram^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Arunmozhithevan	56,327	50.71%
	CPI(M)	Balakrishnan. K	39,517	35.58%
	DMDK	Rajamannan. P	10,303	9.28%
	BJP	Srinivasan. A.	1,054	0.95%
	Independent	Velmurugan. P	954	0.86%
	Independent	Vinoba. C	797	0.72%
	BSP	Barathidasan. K	453	0.41%
	Independent	Sundaravinayagam. N	326	0.29%
	Independent	Balakrishnan. R	275	0.25%
	Independent	Jaisankar. P	207	0.19%
	Independent	Balakrishnan. K	147	0.13%
Margin of victory			16,810	15.14%	3.65%
Turnout			1,11,066	75.44%	13.33%
Registered electors			1,47,220
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-1.98%