About Aranthangi Assembly Constituency

Aranthangi is constituency No. 183 of Tamil Nadu legislative assembly. This unreserved seat is situated in Pudukkottai district. It is part of Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency.

According to data with the Election Commission of India, Aranthangi constituency has a total of 1,70,564 registered voters. It has 84,814 male and 85,750 female voters.

The AIADMK won this seat in the 2011 assembly elections. Raja Nayagam M., the AIADMK candidate, got 67,559 votes. His main contender, Thirunavukkarasar Su of INC, got 50,903. The winning margin was 16,656 votes, that is, 13.01 % of the total valid votes. The voter turnout was 75.07 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Aranthangi Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Aranthangi assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Sex	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2011	183	Aranthangi	GEN	Raja Nayagam M	M	AIADMK	67559	Thirunavukkarasar Su	M	INC	50903
2006	193	Aranthangi	GEN	Udayam Shanmugam	M	DMK	63333	Karthikeyan, Y	M	AIADMK	45873
2001	193	Aranthangi	GEN	Arasan P.	M	MADMK	58499	Chandrasekaran. A	M	INC	38481
2000	By Polls	Aranthangi	GEN	Anbarasan C.	M	MADMK	71491	Raja Paramasivam	M	ADMK	44733
1996	193	Aranthangi	GEN	Thirunavukkarasu, S.	M	ADMK	70260	Shanmugam, S.	M	DMK	56028
1991	193	Aranthangi	GEN	S. Thirunavukkarasu	M	TMK	73571	Chelliah Kuzha	M	ADK	52150
1989	193	Aranthangi	GEN	Thirunavukkarasu, S.	M	ADK(JL)	61730	Shanmugasundaram M.	M	DMK	40027
1984	193	Aranthangi	GEN	Thirunvukkarasu, S.	M	ADK	70101	Ramanathan, S.	M	DMK	40197
1980	193	Aranthangi	GEN	Thirunavukkarasu, S.	M	ADK	50792	Mohamed Mashood, M.	M	IND	36519
1977	193	Aranthangi	GEN	S. Thirunavukkarasu	M	ADK	35468	P. Appukutty	M	CPI	24528
1971	191	Aranthangi	GEN	S. Ramanathan	M	DMK	49322	Ramanathan Servaikarar	M	NCO	37289
1967	191	Aranthangi	GEN	A.Thurairasan	M	DMK	42943	K.B.Dervaikarar	M	INC	36522