J. L. Eswarappan

J. L. Eswarappan is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Arcot as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2016 and 2021.^[1][2] He was elected as Arcot municipality chairman in 2006. He holds the position of the DMK youth Wing district Secretary.

J. L. Eswarappan
Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 May 2016
Preceded by	V.K.R. Srinivasan
Constituency	Arcot
Personal details
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Electoral performance

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

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arcot^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	J. L. Eswarappan	103,885	50.06%	+8.67
	PMK	K.L. Elavazagan	83,927	40.44%	+23.21
	NTK	R. Kathiravan	12,088	5.82%	New
	MNM	A. R. Mohamed Raffi	2,860	1.38%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	2,253	1.09%	+0.1
	AMMK	N. Janarthanan	2,190	1.06%	New
Margin of victory			19,958	9.62%	4.16%
Turnout			207,538	79.07%	−3.33%
Rejected ballots			265	0.13%
Registered electors			262,476
	DMK hold		Swing	8.67%

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arcot^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	J. L. Eswarappan	84,182	41.39%	New
	AIADMK	K. V. Ramadoss	73,091	35.94%	−17.17
	PMK	G. Karikalan	35,043	17.23%	−24.91
	MDMK	P. N. Udhayakumar	5,387	2.65%	New
	BJP	D. Arulraman	2,648	1.30%	+0.14
	NOTA	NOTA	2,004	0.99%	New
Margin of victory			11,091	5.45%	−5.51%
Turnout			203,392	82.40%	−0.80%
Registered electors			246,835
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-11.72%