Acharapakkam Assembly constituency

Acharapakkam was a state assembly constituency in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.^[1] It included the town, Acharapakkam. Acharapakkam Assembly constituency (SC) was part of Chengalpattu Lok Sabha constituency which is now defunct.

Acharapakkam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chengalpattu
Established	1962
Abolished	2008
Total electors	146,977
Reservation	SC

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Third	1962	Venkatasubba Reddy		Indian National Congress
Fourth	1967	P. S. Ellappan		Swatantra Party
Fifth	1971-77	V. Balasundaram		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	K. Ethirajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	C. Ganesan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-89	K. Ethirajan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Ninth	1989-91	E. Ramakrishnan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tenth	1991-96	E. Ramakrishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-01	S. Mathivanan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Twelfth	2001-02	A. Selvaraj		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2002 by-election	2002-06	A. Boovaraghamoorthy[2]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	2006-2011	Sankara Valli		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Sankara Valli @ Sankari Narayanan	55,116	50.56%	12.23%
	AIADMK	M. Saraswathi	39,260	36.02%
	DMDK	S. Kantha Gurunathan	10,478	9.61%
	Independent	R. K. Balasundaram	1,926	1.77%
	BJP	K. M. Shanmugam	1,629	1.49%
	Independent	G. Anandan	594	0.54%
Margin of victory			15,856	14.55%	−0.81%
Turnout			109,003	74.16%	14.00%
Registered electors			146,977
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	-3.12%

2002 by-election

Source: The Hindu^[4]
The MDMK, did not contest this seat, instead supported the PMK candidate, which also got the support of DMK and BJP.

2002–03 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Acharapakkam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Boovaragamoorthy	55,507	53.4%
	PMK	D. Parventhan	37,590	36.2%
	CPI	P.S. Ellappan	4,047	3.9%
	APMK	S.J. Raja	1,928	1.9%
Majority			17,917	3.89%	n/a
Turnout			103,911	62.1%	n/a
	AIADMK gain from PMK		Swing

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	A. Selvaraj	54,114	53.69%
	DMK	Dr. T. Murugesan	38,636	38.33%	−17.81%
	MDMK	E. Sekar	3,397	3.37%
	Independent	P. Balaraman	2,153	2.14%
	Independent	M. Kadirvelu	1,943	1.93%
	Independent	D. Kothandam	550	0.55%
Margin of victory			15,478	15.36%	−10.75%
Turnout			100,793	60.16%	−8.93%
Registered electors			167,541
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.46%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Mathivanan	54,558	56.15%	26.36%
	AIADMK	A. Boovaraghamoorthy	29,187	30.04%	−26.26%
	PMK	E. Adhikesavan	8,098	8.33%
	JD	A. V. Nagarajan	2,676	2.75%
	Independent	M. Kadirvelu	656	0.68%
	BJP	P. K. Varatharajan	350	0.36%
	Independent	P. G. Selladurai	305	0.31%
	Independent	K. Mari @ Marinath	259	0.27%
	Independent	M. Kannan	239	0.25%
	Independent	V. Kumar	238	0.24%
	Independent	Er. Arumugam	185	0.19%
Margin of victory			25,371	26.11%	−0.41%
Turnout			97,170	69.09%	−0.20%
Registered electors			147,264
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.15%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	E. Ramakrishnan	52,494	56.30%	40.13%
	DMK	M. Jayapal	27,769	29.78%	−21.84%
	PMK	Raghavan Alias Ambedkar Pithan	11,465	12.30%
	Independent	S. Vinayagam	737	0.79%
	Independent	R. Mohan	461	0.49%
	THMM	K. Manoharan	315	0.34%
Margin of victory			24,725	26.52%	−8.94%
Turnout			93,241	69.29%	4.22%
Registered electors			138,588
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.68%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Ramakrishnan	40,609	51.62%	7.79%
	AIADMK	P. Singaram	12,716	16.16%	−38.49%
	INC	V. Ramalingam	10,534	13.39%
	Independent	Dhanasingh	10,122	12.87%
	Independent	K. Mariappan	2,921	3.71%
	Independent	Goodalore Jayaraj	1,205	1.53%
	Independent	S. Kupuswamy	328	0.42%
	Independent	A. Ponnuswamy	162	0.21%
	Independent	A. Munuswamy	67	0.09%
Margin of victory			27,893	35.46%	24.64%
Turnout			78,664	65.07%	−10.15%
Registered electors			124,447
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-3.03%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Ethirajan	43,323	54.66%	4.57%
	DMK	E. Ramakrishnan	34,744	43.83%	−6.08%
	Independent	S. Sukumaran	1,199	1.51%
Margin of victory			8,579	10.82%	10.65%
Turnout			79,266	75.22%	5.57%
Registered electors			109,675
	AIADMK hold		Swing	4.57%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Ganesan	35,233	50.08%	6.90%
	DMK	C. M. Manavalan	35,114	49.92%	11.24%
Margin of victory			119	0.17%	−4.35%
Turnout			70,347	69.65%	5.70%
Registered electors			102,790
	AIADMK hold		Swing	6.90%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Ethirajan	26,756	43.19%
	DMK	N. Muthuvel	23,959	38.67%	−28.09%
	INC	R. Kuppuswamy	6,366	10.28%	−12.29%
	JP	T. Ayyavoo	4,871	7.86%
Margin of victory			2,797	4.51%	−39.69%
Turnout			61,952	63.94%	−10.00%
Registered electors			98,677
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-23.58%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Balasundaram	39,816	66.77%
	INC	C. Ganesan	13,457	22.57%	−15.33%
	Independent	A. Perumal	4,346	7.29%
	Independent	C. Elumalai	1,652	2.77%
	Independent	J. R. Jeyaraj	365	0.61%
Margin of victory			26,359	44.20%	19.99%
Turnout			59,636	73.94%	−3.68%
Registered electors			85,083
	DMK gain from SWA		Swing	4.66%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	P. S. Ellappan	38,223	62.11%
	INC	P. Saradambal	23,322	37.89%	−10.66%
Margin of victory			14,901	24.21%	16.31%
Turnout			61,545	77.62%	4.42%
Registered electors			83,554
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	13.55%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Venkatasubba Reddy	27,170	48.55%
	DMK	V. Venka	22,748	40.65%
	Socialist	O. N. Borai Babu	6,044	10.80%
Margin of victory			4,422	7.90%
Turnout			55,962	73.20%
Registered electors			81,633
	INC win (new seat)