Arakkonam Parliamentary Constituency Election and Results Update

One of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu, the constituency of Arakkonam was formed in 1977 and currently comprises of six Vidhan Sabha segments and 1,098,607 voters. 1,098,607 is the total electorate count in the Arakkonam Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 7). Out of these 549,749 number of electorates are males and the remaining 548,858 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest. The city of Arakkonam is located in the Vellore District about 70 km from Chennai. As per 2011 census, it has a total population of over 78,000 of which about 38,600 are males and about 39,200 are females. It has a sex ratio of 989 females per 1000 males and a child population of 8,218. Tamil and English are the commonly used languages.

About 25% of the population belongs to SC category. With an average literacy rate of 88%, the city has a male literacy rate of 86% and a female literacy rate of over 80%. There are several schools and colleges located here. It has an extensive network of roads and railways and the district’s third largest railway junction is here. The district is connected to the National Highways, NH-46 and NH-234, enabling the city to have access to a large and extensive road network.

Arakkonam Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

In 2009 Election Results the UPA won around 261 out of 543 seats, and in the second position was NDA with 158 seats, while 23 seats were won by Left parties.

In 2014 Election Results the BJP won 282 seats out of 543 seats. This took the NDA tally to 336 seats out of 543 seats in the Lok Sabha. INC could only manage to win 44 seats and stayed in the second position while AIADMK party from Tamil Nadu came third with 37 seats in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections.

In 2019, the BJP is set to return to power at the Centre after a sweeping win in the 2019 Lok Sabha election , armed with a bigger mandate than in the 2014 General Election. The party - led by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah duo has secured 303 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha. Meanwhile, the Congress, the main Opposition party, managed to increase its vote share from 2014 only by a handful of votes, with a final tally of 52 seats. There will be no Leader of Opposition in the upcoming Lower House for a second consecutive term.

List of winner/current and runner up MPs Arakkonam Parliamentary Constituency.

The table below represents the names of all the winning and runner up MPs of Arakkonam parliamentary constituency of all the years fromthe starting until now . It also shows the number of votes secured by each MP and the name of the political party they belong to. The current sitting member of parliament of the Arakkonam constituency is G. Hari of AIADMK.

Year	PC No.	PC Name	Category	winner/current MP	Gender	Party	Vote	Runner Up MP	Gender	Party	Vote
2014	7	Arakkonam	GEN	Hari, G.	M	AIADMK	493534	N.R Elango	M	DMK	252768
2009	7	Arakkonam	GEN	Jagathrakshakan,Shri S.	M	DMK	415041	Velu R	M	PMK	305245
2004	6	Arakkonam	GEN	Velu, R.	M	PMK	386911	Shanmugam. N	M	ADMK	284715
1999	6	Arakkonam	GEN	Jagathrakshakan, S. Dr.	M	DMK	346520	Thangka Balu, K.V.	M	INC	250876
1998	6	Arakkonam	GEN	Gopal C	M	ADMK	359431	Velu A.M.	M	TMC(M)	309943
1996	6	Arakkonam	GEN	Velu.A.M	M	TMC(M)	425974	Raviram.R	M	INC	161129
1991	6	Arakkonam	GEN	Jeevarathinam R.	M	INC	348516	Kannaiyan M.	M	DMK	171806
1989	6	Arakkonam	GEN	Jeevarathinam, R.	M	INC	299587	Murthy, K.	M	DMK	237194
1984	6	Arakkonam	GEN	R. Jeevarathinam	M	INC	292606	Pulavar K. Govindan	M	DMK	231664
1980	6	Arakkonam	GEN	Velu A.M.	M	INC(I)	278516	Ragunathan A.M.	M	ADK	161155
1977	6	Arakkonam	GEN	Alagesan O.V.	M	INC	243818	Veeraswami N.	M	DMK	185954

*PC = Parliamentary Constituency

List of Assembly Constituencies in Arakkonam Parliamentary Constituency

The table below shows the list of all the Assembly Constituencies that fall in Arakkonam parliamentary constituency.

Names of Assembly Constituencies
Tiruttani	Arakkonam (SC)	Sholinghur
Katpadi	Ranipet	Arcot