Arani Lok Sabha constituency

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
Lok Sabha constituency
Arni constituency, post-2008 delimitation
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
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent M.S. Tharanivendhan
Party	DMK
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Arani constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
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

Members of the Parliament

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
2024	M. S. Tharanivendhan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			43.86%
2019			54.32%
2014			46.26%
2009			47.27%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Arani^[4]

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

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Arani

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

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Arani

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%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Arani

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)