| Arani | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 67 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tiruvannamalai |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Arani |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 2,56,474 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Arani is a state assembly constituency in Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu, India, which includes the city of Arni. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 67. Until and including the 2006 elections, the constituency was part of Vellore Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India; thereafter, it has been part of Arani Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | V. K. Kannan | Commonweal Party | |
| 1957 | P. Doraisamyu Reddiar | Independent politician | |
| 1962 | C. K. Bhagavathar | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | A. C. Narasimhan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1971 | |||
| 1977 | V. Arjunan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1980 | A. C. Shanmugam | ||
| 1984 | M. Chinnakulandai | ||
| 1989 | A. C. Dayalan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1991 | I. R. Jaison Jacob | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 1996 | R. Sivanandam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2001 | K. Ramachandran | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2006 | R. Sivanandam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2011 | R. M. Babu Murugavel | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | Sevvoor S. Ramachandran | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | L. Jaya Sudha | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | L. Jaya Sudha | 76,735 | 33.34 | New | |
| DMK | Mahalakshmi Govarthanan | 71,104 | 30.89 | ||
| TVK | Venkatesh Kumar. D | 70,857 | 30.79 | New | |
| NTK | Dhavamani. R | 6,888 | 2.99 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 707 | 0.31 | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,631 | 2.45 | |||
| Turnout | 231,139 | 90.12 | |||
| Total valid votes | 230,162 | ||||
| Registered electors | 256,474 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Sevvoor S. Ramachandran | 102,961 | 46.86 | ||
| DMK | S. S. Anbalagan | 99,833 | 45.43 | ||
| NTK | D. Prakalatha | 10,491 | 4.77 | ||
| MNM | V. Manikandan | 2,213 | 1.01 | New | |
| DMDK | G. Baskaran | 1,861 | 0.85 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,690 | 0.77 | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,128 | 1.42 | |||
| Turnout | 223,285 | 80.40 | |||
| Total valid votes | 219,732 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 466 | 0.21 | |||
| Registered electors | 277,727 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Sevvoor S. Ramachandran | 94,074 | 44.89 | New | |
| DMK | S. Babu | 86,747 | 41.40 | ||
| PMK | S. Rajasekar | 12,877 | 6.15 | New | |
| DMDK | R. M. Babu Murugavel | 7,025 | 3.35 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,749 | 0.83 | New | |
| BJP | P. Gopi | 1,304 | 0.62 | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,327 | 3.50 | |||
| Turnout | 209,811 | 81.85 | |||
| Total valid votes | 209,545 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 266 | 0.13 | |||
| Registered electors | 256,327 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMDK | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMDK | R. M. Babu Murugavel | 88,967 | 50.06 | ||
| DMK | R. Sivanandam | 81,001 | 45.58 | ||
| BJP | P. Gopi | 1,639 | 0.92 | ||
| BSP | A. Ganesan | 1,459 | 0.82 | New | |
| Independent | K. Murugavel | 1,327 | 0.75 | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,966 | 4.48 | |||
| Turnout | 180,512 | 83.65 | |||
| Total valid votes | 177,723 | ||||
| Registered electors | 215,794 | ||||
| DMDK gain from DMK | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | R. Sivanandam | 69,722 | 49.40 | New | |
| AIADMK | A. Santhanam | 57,420 | 40.68 | New | |
| DMDK | D. Ramesh | 6,292 | 4.46 | New | |
| PNK | E. Gangadharan | 3,877 | 2.75 | ||
| Independent | R. Nallathambi | 1,547 | 1.10 | ||
| BJP | K. Narayanan | 1,427 | 1.01 | New | |
| Independent | D. Thirugnanam | 849 | 0.60 | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,302 | 8.72 | |||
| Turnout | 141,135 | 76.56 | |||
| Total valid votes | 141,134 | ||||
| Registered electors | 184,336 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. Ramachandran | 66,371 | 50.98 | ||
| PNK | A. C. Shanmugam | 52,889 | 40.62 | New | |
| Independent | P. Rajendiran | 4,639 | 3.56 | ||
| MDMK | D. Raja | 4,540 | 3.49 | ||
| Independent | A. C. R. Umapathy | 1,762 | 1.35 | ||
| Margin of victory | 13,482 | 10.35 | |||
| Turnout | 130,386 | 69.07 | |||
| Total valid votes | 130,201 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 185 | 0.14 | |||
| Registered electors | 188,770 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | R. Sivanandam | 63,014 | 51.29 | ||
| AIADMK | M. Chinnakulandai | 44,835 | 36.49 | New | |
| PMK | V. Subbiramani | 8,477 | 6.90 | ||
| MDMK | D. Dhakshinamoorthy | 4,344 | 3.54 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 18,179 | 14.80 | |||
| Turnout | 128,241 | 75.06 | |||
| Total valid votes | 122,867 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 5,584 | 4.35 | |||
| Registered electors | 170,847 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | I. R. Jaison Jacob | 66,355 | 58.51 | New | |
| DMK | E. Selvarasu | 32,043 | 28.26 | ||
| PMK | M. Gounder Moorthi | 11,902 | 10.50 | New | |
| AAP | M. Kandasamy | 2,202 | 1.94 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 34,312 | 30.26 | |||
| Turnout | 117,747 | 73.08 | |||
| Total valid votes | 113,405 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 4,342 | 3.69 | |||
| Registered electors | 161,120 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | A. C. Dayalan | 38,558 | 36.21 | ||
| AIADMK | D. Karunakaran | 30,891 | 29.01 | New | |
| AIADMK | A. C. Shanmugam | 21,827 | 20.50 | New | |
| INC | A. Loganathan | 12,793 | 12.01 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,667 | 7.20 | |||
| Turnout | 109,596 | 76.80 | |||
| Total valid votes | 106,498 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 3,098 | 2.83 | |||
| Registered electors | 142,709 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | M. Chinnakulandai | 54,653 | 54.83 | ||
| DMK | R. Sivanandam | 43,620 | 43.76 | ||
| Independent | K. Ramachandran | 907 | 0.91 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,033 | 11.07 | |||
| Turnout | 103,158 | 81.38 | |||
| Total valid votes | 99,678 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 3,480 | 3.37 | |||
| Registered electors | 126,766 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | A. C. Shanmugam | 42,928 | 50.65 | New | |
| DMK | E. Selvarasu | 37,877 | 44.69 | ||
| JP | G. Ethiraju | 3,956 | 4.67 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 5,051 | 5.96 | |||
| Turnout | 86,392 | 73.49 | |||
| Total valid votes | 84,761 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 1,631 | 1.89 | |||
| Registered electors | 117,556 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | V. Arjunan | 33,925 | 41.47 | New | |
| DMK | E. Selvarasu | 24,703 | 30.20 | ||
| JP | M. Thellur Dharumarasan | 19,448 | 23.78 | New | |
| INC | R. Shanmugam | 2,831 | 3.46 | New | |
| Independent | M. A. Khader | 892 | 1.09 | ||
| Margin of victory | 9,222 | 11.27 | |||
| Turnout | 83,198 | 74.29 | |||
| Total valid votes | 81,799 | ||||
| Rejected ballots | 1,399 | 1.68 | |||
| Registered electors | 111,994 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | A. C. Narasimhan | 37,682 | 60.50 | ||
| INC | M. Darumarajan | 24,599 | 39.50 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 13,083 | 21.01 | |||
| Turnout | 64,446 | 75.71 | |||
| Total valid votes | 62,281 | ||||
| Registered electors | 85,126 | ||||
| DMK hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | A. C. Narasimhan | 38,038 | 56.26 | ||
| INC | T. B. J. Chettiar | 17,320 | 25.62 | ||
| Independent | M. Muniswamy | 5,880 | 8.70 | ||
| Independent | K. P. K. Naicker | 1,383 | 2.05 | ||
| Margin of victory | 20,718 | 30.64 | |||
| Turnout | 69,879 | 78.97 | |||
| Total valid votes | 67,613 | ||||
| Registered electors | 88,490 | ||||
| DMK gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | C. Kothandarama Bhagavathar | 30,773 | 51.60 | ||
| DMK | A. C. Narasimhan | 23,055 | 38.66 | New | |
| TNP | M. Darumarajan | 5,805 | 9.73 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,718 | 12.94 | |||
| Turnout | 62,240 | 78.46 | |||
| Total valid votes | 59,633 | ||||
| Registered electors | 79,330 | ||||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | P. Doraisamyu Reddiar | 20,237 | 51.59 | ||
| INC | V. K. Kannan | 18,989 | 48.41 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,248 | 3.18 | |||
| Turnout | 39,226 | 51.60 | |||
| Total valid votes | 39,226 | ||||
| Registered electors | 76,019 | ||||
| Independent gain from Commonweal Party | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commonweal Party | V. K. Kannan | 17,761 | 48.14 | New | |
| INC | W. S. Sreenivasa Rao | 10,329 | 28.00 | New | |
| Independent | S. A. Meenakshisundara Mudaliaer | 6,559 | 17.78 | New | |
| CPI | T. K. Shanmugam | 2,246 | 6.09 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 7,432 | 20.14 | |||
| Turnout | 36,895 | 61.38 | |||
| Total valid votes | 36,895 | ||||
| Registered electors | 60,113 | ||||
| Commonweal Party win (new seat) | |||||