Constituency
42. Arcot
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2026
TN-ARCOT
AIADMK 46.8%won by 18.9%TVK 27.9%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 18.9%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 46.8% of the vote here (+46.8%).
- New challengerTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 2021.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.6% between them, down from 89.5% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
2,25,786
Margin
42,720
18.92%
Candidates
15 contested · winner AIADMK- 1S.M.SUKUMARAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK1,05,60846.8%
- 2G.VIJAY MOHANTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK62,88827.9%
- 3J.L.ESWARAPPANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK48,84021.6%
- 4ARCHANA NARASIMMANNTK · NTK5,5182.4%
- 5NOTANOTA · NOTA6560.3%
- 6M.VASANTHAKUMARBahujan Samaj Party · BSP4680.2%
- 7K.MANIKANDANIndependent · IND3970.2%
- 8A.VIJAYIndependent · IND3690.2%
- 9S.P.SHANMUGAMAJPK · AJPK2520.1%
- 10V.GANDHIVBA · VBA1970.1%
- 11V.SEETHARAMANACDP · ACDP1680.1%
- 12P.VENKATESANTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK1510.1%
- 13V.SHANTHIIndependent · IND1130.1%
- 14ESWARAPPAN.MIndependent · IND1030.0%
- 15R.INDHUMATHIIndependent · IND580.0%
Since 2021
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–TVK swing
- +18.9%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 46.8%
- TVK share
- 0.0% → 27.9%
- Turnout
- 79.6% → —