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Arantangi
Constituency No. 183 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictPudukottai
LS constituencyRamanathapuram
Established1952
Total electors2,37,024[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  INC
Elected year2021

Arantangi is a constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city, Aranthangi in Pudukkottai district.[2] It is a part of the Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency.[3][4] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Madras State

Assembly Year Winner Party
First 1952 Mahamad Salihu Maraicair Indian National Congress
Second 1957 S. Ramasami Thevar
Third 1962 A. Durai Arasan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourth 1967

Tamil Nadu

Assembly Year Winner Party
Fifth 1971-77 S. Ramanathan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth 1977-80 S. Thirunavukkarasu All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh 1980-84
Eighth 1984-89
Ninth 1989-91
Tenth 1991-96 Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam
Eleventh 1996-99 MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh 1999-2000* C. Anbarasan*
Twelfth 2001-06 P. Arasan
Thirteenth 2006-2011 Udayam Shanmugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth 2011-2016 M. Rajanayagam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth 2016-2021 E. Rathinasabhapathy
Sixteenth 2021- T. Ramachandran Indian National Congress

Election results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC T. Ramachandran 81,835 48.85% 5.11%
AIADMK M. Rajanayagam 50,942 30.41% -14.81%
NTK Humayun Kabir M I 18,460 11.02% 10.48%
AMMK Sivashanmugam K 4,699 2.80%
Independent Velraj. K P 3,164 1.89%
Independent Muthuselvam V 2,164 1.29%
Independent Dhetchena Moorthy. Dr. S 1,080 0.64%
MNM Shaik Mohamed B 966 0.58%
Margin of victory 30,893 18.44% 16.96%
Turnout 1,67,524 70.68% -1.43%
Rejected ballots 27 0.02%
Registered electors 2,37,024
INC gain from AIADMK Swing 3.63%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK E. Rathinasabhapathy E 69,905 45.22% -7.55%
INC T. Ramachandran 67,614 43.74% 3.98%
CPI Loganathan P 6,341 4.10%
SDPI Kulam Mohamed M 1,741 1.13%
Independent Puviyarasan A 1,238 0.80%
TMMK Arul Justin Diraviam C 1,176 0.76%
IJK Gemini Ganesan M 922 0.60%
NTK Sakila Banu A 835 0.54%
Independent Narasimhan H 794 0.51%
NOTA None Of The Above 775 0.50%
BSP Xavier A 720 0.47%
Margin of victory 2,291 1.48% -11.53%
Turnout 1,54,597 72.11% -2.95%
Registered electors 2,14,394
AIADMK hold Swing -7.55%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Rajanayagam 67,559 52.77% 21.00%
INC Thirunavukkarasar Su 50,903 39.76%
Independent Shariff Km 2,729 2.13%
IJK Appa Durai S 2,305 1.80%
BJP Sabapathi K 2,218 1.73% -8.46%
Independent Ashrab Khan S 1,211 0.95%
Independent Asaiyamani. M 599 0.47%
Independent Karunakaran K 503 0.39%
Margin of victory 16,656 13.01% 0.92%
Turnout 1,70,564 75.06% 4.78%
Registered electors 1,28,027
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 8.91%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Udayam Shanmugam 63,333 43.86%
AIADMK Karthikeyan. Y 45,873 31.77%
DMDK Mohamed Ali Jinnah. O. S. M 15,347 10.63%
BJP Kathamuthu. Kl 14,713 10.19%
Independent Ramanathan. G 2,304 1.60%
Independent Mudiappan. G 543 0.38%
Independent Munusamy. K 469 0.32%
Independent Murugan. K 413 0.29%
Independent Hussain Beevi. K. P 395 0.27%
Independent Mahalingam. N 264 0.18%
Independent Shanmugam. P 207 0.14%
Margin of victory 17,460 12.09% -3.65%
Turnout 1,44,402 70.28% 12.83%
Registered electors 2,05,474
DMK gain from MADMK Swing -2.13%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
MADMK Arasan P. 58,499 45.99%
INC Chandrasekaran. A 38,481 30.25%
Independent Mohamed Ali Jinnah O. S. M 16,620 13.07%
MDMK Mahendran. R 8,483 6.67% 4.51%
Independent Ramu E 1,859 1.46%
Independent Arockiasamy U. S. 1,250 0.98%
Independent Ramasmy. M 1,052 0.83%
Independent Chelliah Devar. C 960 0.75%
Margin of victory 20,018 15.74% 5.59%
Turnout 1,27,204 57.45% -13.96%
Registered electors 2,21,413
MADMK gain from AIADMK Swing -4.11%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Thirunavukkarasu. S. 70,260 50.10% 10.08%
DMK Shanmugam. S. 56,028 39.95%
Independent Sesurasu. M. 6,688 4.77%
MDMK Janardhanan. A. B. R. 3,031 2.16%
BJP Manivasagam. K. 1,104 0.79% -0.94%
Independent Mohamed Ossali. M. A. 962 0.69%
Independent Ponmuthuramalingam. S. 475 0.34%
Independent Gandhirasan. V. 245 0.17%
Independent Chandrasekaran Udayar. S. 193 0.14%
JP Saravanakumar. A. 179 0.13%
Independent Sakadevan. M. 128 0.09%
Margin of victory 14,232 10.15% -6.29%
Turnout 1,40,242 71.41% 0.43%
Registered electors 2,05,492
AIADMK gain from Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam Swing -6.36%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
APTTMK S. Thirunavukkarasu 73,571 56.46%
AIADMK Chelliah Kuzha 52,150 40.02% -7.55%
BJP Muthuvel A. K. 2,254 1.73% 1.19%
Independent Gani Rowther A. 835 0.64%
THMM Thangavelu M. 246 0.19%
Independent Sakadevan M. 176 0.14%
Independent Kalyani Viyasar 169 0.13%
Independent Manthirikumar M. 153 0.12%
Independent Chittarvel A. 148 0.11%
Independent Velappan C. 127 0.10%
Independent Jayathiran K. 117 0.09%
Margin of victory 21,421 16.44% -0.29%
Turnout 1,30,301 70.97% -6.99%
Registered electors 1,91,195
Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam gain from AIADMK Swing 8.88%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Thirunavukkarasu. S. 61,730 47.58% -15.10%
DMK Shanmugasundaram M. 40,027 30.85% -5.09%
AIADMK Venkatasalam. A 13,375 10.31% -52.37%
INC Kalander Naina Mohammed S. 10,512 8.10%
Independent Viyasar. R. 1,582 1.22%
Independent Kalandar Maitheen N. 767 0.59%
BJP Pulikkutti S. 704 0.54%
Independent Murugesan R. 406 0.31%
Independent Velappan C. 281 0.22%
Independent Mohananraj V. 241 0.19%
Independent Alagesan. V. 73 0.06%
Margin of victory 21,703 16.73% -10.01%
Turnout 1,29,746 77.96% -2.85%
Registered electors 1,70,036
AIADMK hold Swing -15.10%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Thirunvukkarasu. S. 70,101 62.68% 13.17%
DMK Ramanathan. S. 40,197 35.94%
Independent Viyasar. R. 924 0.83%
Independent Karuppiah Servai. S. 622 0.56%
Margin of victory 29,904 26.74% 12.83%
Turnout 1,11,844 80.82% 5.04%
Registered electors 1,45,705
AIADMK hold Swing 13.17%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Thirunavukkarasu. S. 50,792 49.50% 12.05%
Independent Mohamed Mashood. M. 36,519 35.59%
Independent Ramanathan. C. 8,769 8.55%
JP Muthiah Allias Pappa N. 4,388 4.28%
Independent Karuppiah Muthiraiyar Mandangudi. M. 1,477 1.44%
Independent Mani. K. M. P. 485 0.47%
Independent Viyazar. R. 174 0.17%
Margin of victory 14,273 13.91% 2.36%
Turnout 1,02,604 75.78% -0.54%
Registered electors 1,36,966
AIADMK hold Swing 12.05%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Thirunavukkarasu 35,468 37.45%
CPI P. Appukutty 24,528 25.90%
DMK S. Ramanathan 22,052 23.28% -32.52%
JP R. Karuppaiah 7,335 7.75%
Independent S.R.M. Iyooboo 4,397 4.64%
Independent M. James 511 0.54%
Independent R. Viyasar 415 0.44%
Margin of victory 10,940 11.55% -2.06%
Turnout 94,706 76.32% -4.83%
Registered electors 1,25,574
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -18.36%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. Ramanathan 49,322 55.81% 2.70%
INC Ramanathan Servaikarar 37,289 42.19% -2.98%
Independent M. Aruisamy 1,766 2.00%
Margin of victory 12,033 13.62% 5.67%
Turnout 88,377 81.14% -2.82%
Registered electors 1,11,761
DMK hold Swing 2.70%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Thurairasan 42,943 53.11% -2.14%
INC K. B. Dervaikarar 36,522 45.17% 4.10%
Independent A. Perianayagam 1,388 1.72%
Margin of victory 6,421 7.94% -6.24%
Turnout 80,853 83.97% 12.00%
Registered electors 99,142
DMK hold Swing -2.14%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK A. Durai Arasan 33,781 55.25%
INC K. Ramanathan Servai 25,112 41.07% 5.21%
We Tamils M. Manickam 2,250 3.68%
Margin of victory 8,669 14.18% 6.82%
Turnout 61,143 71.97% 25.91%
Registered electors 87,806
DMK gain from Independent Swing 12.03%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent S. Ramasami Thevar 17,637 43.22%
INC Muthuvel Ambalam 14,633 35.86% -16.95%
Independent Sheik Abdul Kadir Rowther 4,423 10.84%
Independent Swaminatha Ayyar 2,276 5.58%
Independent M. Ramasami Thevar 1,838 4.50%
Margin of victory 3,004 7.36% -2.97%
Turnout 40,807 46.05% -9.79%
Registered electors 88,613
Independent gain from INC Swing -9.59%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Arantangi[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Mahamad Salihu Maraicair 19,064 52.81% 52.81%
Independent Ramaswami Thovar 15,335 42.48%
Independent Yusuf Rowther 1,698 4.70%
Margin of victory 3,729 10.33%
Turnout 36,097 55.84%
Registered electors 64,647
INC win (new seat)

Footnotes

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  3. ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2008.
  4. ^ "The Hindu : Tamil Nadu News : Deprival of Pudukottai Lok Sabha constituency angers chamber". www.hindu.com. Archived from the original on 21 April 2009. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Thirunavukkarasu's mentor triumphs". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 26 February 2000. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  6. ^ Detailes Result (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  7. ^ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  8. ^ "2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  9. ^ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  10. ^ Election Commission of India. "1991 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  11. ^ Election Commission of India. "1989 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. ^ Election Commission of India. "1984 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ^ Election Commission of India. "1980 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  14. ^ Election Commission of India. "1977 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  15. ^ Election Commission of India. "1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  16. ^ "1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). 19 April 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
  17. ^ "1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  18. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  19. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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