ARAKKONAM
Assembly seat no. 38 in Tamil Nadu · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 3 times since 1977.
Tamil Nadu also has a Lok Sabha constituency called ARAKKONAM. It is a different territory with a different electorate — see its 13 results.
Winner, 2026
V. Gandhiraj
TVK
Elections held
3
1977–2026
Most successful party
TVK
won 1 of 3
Margin, 2026
23,121
12.68% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
VCKEzhil Caroline
- Votes
- 50,655
- Vote share
- 27.78%
- Behind by
- 23,121
Electors
2,00,986
Total votes polled
1,82,340
Valid votes
1,82,340
NOTA votes
899
0.49% of votes polled
Turnout
90.7%
Full result, 2026
13 candidates · 1,82,340 valid votes
V. GandhirajTVKwon
73,776
40.5%
Ezhil CarolineVCK
50,655
27.8%
S. RaviADMK
50,052
27.4%
K. RajkumarNTK
5,191
2.8%
P. SudhakarBSP
451
0.2%
Vetrivel. MAJPK
251
0.1%
N. PraveenkumarIND
238
0.1%
N. LakshmipathyTAVK
229
0.1%
T. MuralidharanIND
197
0.1%
M. SanthanamIND
150
0.1%
G. MohanIND
106
0.1%
M. ManikandanIND
75
0.0%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 3 of 3 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | V. Gandhiraj | TVK | 73,776 | 40.46% | Ezhil Caroline | 23,121 |
| 1984 | V. K. RAJU | DMK | 52,657 | 52.24% | M. VIJAYASARATHI | 6,313 |
| 1977 | V.K. RAJU | ADK | 24,630 | 33.50% | A. KANNAYIRAM | 7,589 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above