ARKONAM
Assembly seat no. 32 in Tamil Nadu · reserved for Scheduled Castes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 7 times since 1971.
Winner, 2006
JAGANMOORTHY.M
DMK
Elections held
7
1971–2006
Most successful party
DMK
won 4 of 7
Margin, 2006
7,556
5.37% of valid votes
Result, 2006
Runner-up
ADMKRAVI.S
- Votes
- 58,782
- Vote share
- 41.79%
- Behind by
- 7,556
Electors
1,90,314
Total votes polled
1,40,646
Valid votes
1,40,646
NOTA votes
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Turnout
73.9%
Full result, 2006
13 candidates · 1,40,646 valid votes
JAGANMOORTHY.MDMKwon
66,338
47.2%
RAVI.SADMK
58,782
41.8%
USHA RANI.RDMDK
9,185
6.5%
RAVI.VIND
2,092
1.5%
VIJAYAN.CBJP
1,561
1.1%
AMUTHA.MSP
1,143
0.8%
BABU.CIND
472
0.3%
MOHAN.SIND
306
0.2%
DHANAPAL.MIND
218
0.1%
ANNADURAI.PIND
159
0.1%
SAMPATH.KIND
139
0.1%
KOTHANDAN.SIND
132
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 13. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 7 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | JAGANMOORTHY.M | DMK | 66,338 | 47.17% | RAVI.S | 7,556 |
| 2001 | BHAVANI KARUNAKARAN .K | ADMK | 67,034 | 55.09% | RAVISHANKAR R. | 20,256 |
| 1996 | THAMIZH CHELVAN, R. | DMK | 70,550 | 58.13% | ELUMALAI, R. | 46,820 |
| 1991 | LATA PRIYAKUMAR | INC | 61,314 | 55.24% | G. MANI | 30,982 |
| 1989 | V.K. RAJU | DMK | 42,511 | 46.78% | P. RAJAKUMAR | 21,973 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above