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 |
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| 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 |
Last Updated on June 12, 2020