Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency

Arakkonam is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 7 of 39.

Arakkonam
Lok Sabha constituency
Arakkonam constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Tiruttani Arakkonam Sholinghur Katpadi Ranipet Arcot
Established	1977
Total electors	14,94,929[1]
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent S. Jagathrakshakan
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alliance	INDIA
Elected year	2024 Election

Assembly segments

After 2009

No	Name	District	Member	Party
3.	Tiruttani	None	Thiruvallur		DMK
38.	Arakkonnam	SC	Ranipet		AIADMK
39.	Sholinghur	None			INC
40.	Katpadi	None	Vellore		DMK
41.	Ranipet	None	Ranipet		DMK
42.	Arcot	None			DMK

Arakkonam constituency as laid out by 1971 Delimitation. The boundaries for this constituency lasted until 2004 election, which was then replaced by 2008 Delimitation.

Before 2009

Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

1. Pallipattu (defunct)
2. Arakkonam (SC)
3. Solingar
4. Ranipettai
5. Arcaud
6. Seyyaru (moved to Aarani)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Winning Candidate	Party
1967	S. K. Sambandhan Mudaliar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar*		Indian National Congress
1977
1980	A. M. Velu Mudaliyar
1984	Jeevarathinam Rangaswamy
1989
1991
1996	A. M. Velu Mudaliyar		Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	C. Gopal Mudaliyar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1999	S. Jagathrakshakan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004	R. Velu		Pattali Makkal Katchi
2009	S. Jagathrakshakan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014	G. Hari		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	S. Jagathrakshakan[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024

• *as Tiruthani seat

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			48.39%
2019			57.47%
2014			45.75%
2009			48.75%
2004			49.90%
1999			47.72%
1998			51.56%
1996			59.05%
1991			53.90%
1989			42.77%
1984			52.20%
1980			60.83%
1977			52.40%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Jagathrakshakan	563,216	48.39	9.08
	AIADMK	A. L. Vijayan	2,56,656	22.05	New
	PMK	K. Balu	2,02,325	17.38	11.96
	NTK	S Afshia Nasrin	98,944	8.50	5.99
	NOTA	None of the above	12,613	1.08	0.04
Margin of victory			3,06,560	26.34	1.79
Turnout			11,63,822	78.65	0.67
Registered electors			14,79,748
	DMK hold		Swing	9.08

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Jagathrakshakan	672,190	57.47	34.03
	PMK	A. K. Moorthy	3,43,234	29.34
	AMMK	N. G. Parthiban	66,826	5.71
	NTK	Y. R. Pavendhan	29,347	2.51
	MNM	N. Rajendran	23,771	2.03
	NOTA	None Of The Above	12,179	1.04	0.08
	BSP	D. Doss	8,307	0.71	0.03
Margin of victory			3,28,956	28.12	5.80
Turnout			11,69,677	77.98	1.03
Registered electors			15,00,016
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	11.71

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Hari	493,534	45.75
	DMK	N. R. Elango	2,52,768	23.43	−25.31
	PMK	R. Velu	2,33,762	21.67
	INC	R. Rajesh	56,337	5.22
	NOTA	None Of The Above	10,370	0.96
	BSP	D. Doss	7,354	0.68	−0.10
	Independent	S. Gajendran	6,570	0.61
	Independent	Panchu Udayakumar	6,025	0.56
Margin of victory			2,40,766	22.32	9.42
Turnout			10,78,682	76.95	−0.55
Registered electors			14,01,813		27.60
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.99

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Jagathrakshakan	415,041	48.75
	PMK	R. Velu	3,05,245	35.85
	DMDK	S. Sankar	82,038	9.64
	Independent	D. Panjatsaram	7,078	0.83
	BSP	Mary John	6,641	0.78
	PNK	W. B. Palan	6,026	0.71
Margin of victory			1,09,796	12.90	−0.28
Turnout			10,98,607	77.50	10.67
Rejected ballots			147	0.02
Registered electors			8,51,402		−5.31
	DMK gain from PMK		Swing	-1.15

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	R. Velu	586,911	49.90
	AIADMK	N. Shanmugam	4,84,715	36.72
	JD(U)	S. Sethu Madhavan	34,876	4.50
	JP	M. Kulandaivelu	22,284	2.87
	Independent	V. Venkatesan	9,646	1.24
	RPI(A)	S. Arunkumar	5,507	0.71
	Independent	M. Velu	5,022	0.65
	Independent	N. Ravi	4,371	0.56
	Independent	G. Sampath	4,333	0.56
	Independent	K. Velu	4,061	0.52
Margin of victory			1,02,196	13.18	0.01
Turnout			7,75,439	66.83	0.51
Registered electors			11,60,259		3.59
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.17

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Jagathrakshakan	346,520	47.72
	INC	K. V. Thangkabalu	2,50,876	34.55	12.22
	TMC(M)	A. M. Velu	1,21,386	16.72
Margin of victory			95,644	13.17	6.07
Turnout			7,26,113	66.32	−6.89
Registered electors			11,20,043		4.41
	DMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-11.32

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Gopal	359,431	51.56
	TMC(M)	A. M. Velu	3,09,943	44.46
	INC	R. Dhamotharan	24,519	3.52
Margin of victory			49,488	7.10	−29.61
Turnout			6,97,078	67.26	−5.95
Registered electors			10,72,687		3.68
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-7.48

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	A. M. Velu	425,974	59.05
	INC	R. Raviram	1,61,129	22.34	−31.56
	AIIC(T)	N. Venugopal	80,714	11.19
	JD	Jayakaran Joseph	31,703	4.39
	BJP	N. Manoharan	6,596	0.91	−1.09
	Independent	K. Manavalan	3,433	0.48
Margin of victory			2,64,845	36.71	9.38
Turnout			7,21,411	73.21	3.98
Registered electors			10,34,646		6.80
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	5.15

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jeevarathinam Rangaswamy	348,516	53.90	11.13
	DMK	M. Kannaiyan	1,71,806	26.57	−7.29
	PMK	S. Subramaniam	98,809	15.28
	BJP	D. V. R. Eraghavan	12,954	2.00
Margin of victory			1,76,710	27.33	18.42
Turnout			6,46,635	69.23	−3.84
Registered electors			9,68,764		−0.65
	INC hold		Swing	11.13

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jeevarathinam Rangaswamy	299,587	42.77	−9.43
	DMK	K. Murthy	2,37,194	33.86	−7.47
	PMK	S. Subramaniam	1,47,902	21.11
Margin of victory			62,393	8.91	−1.96
Turnout			7,00,515	73.07	−5.18
Registered electors			9,75,104		28.70
	INC hold		Swing	-9.43

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Jeevarathinam Rangaswamy	292,606	52.20
	DMK	Pulavar K Govindan	2,31,664	41.33
	BJP	M. D. Kalyanasundaram	15,462	2.76
	Independent	K. Selvaraju	10,158	1.81
	Independent	A. Kanthappan	8,967	1.60
Margin of victory			60,942	10.87	−14.76
Turnout			5,60,559	78.26	11.52
Registered electors			7,57,665		8.02
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	-8.63

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	A. M. Velu	278,516	60.83
	AIADMK	A. M. Ragunathan	1,61,155	35.20
	Independent	K. Krishnan	7,904	1.73
	Independent	A. M. Periasamy Reddiar	4,153	0.91
	Independent	C. A. Balakrishnan	3,255	0.71
	JP(S)	A. Janaki Raman	2,875	0.63
Margin of victory			1,17,361	25.63	13.20
Turnout			4,57,858	66.74	−4.88
Registered electors			7,01,433		5.11
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	8.43

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Arakkonam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	O. V. Alagesan	243,818	52.40
	DMK	N. Veeraswami	1,85,954	39.96
	Independent	R. Margabandu	11,997	2.58
	Independent	Y. Daniel	9,638	2.07
	Independent	K. Selvaraju	4,471	0.96
	Independent	A. Kanthappan	3,670	0.79
	Independent	D. Raghavan	2,593	0.56
Margin of victory			57,864	12.44
Turnout			4,65,330	71.62
Registered electors			6,67,308
	INC win (new seat)

Note: The incumbent party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition partner Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), who won the seat. Thus, the UPA held the seat. PMK had not contested this seat in the previous 1999 elections.

See also

• Arakkonam
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha