Constituency
360. Arakkonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-ARAKKONAM
INC 53.9%won by 27.3%DMK 26.6%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.9% to 27.3%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.1% to 66.8%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
9,68,764
Turnout
66.8%
Valid votes
6,46,635
Margin
1,76,710
27.33%
Candidates
14 contested · winner INC- 1JEEVARATHINAM R.Indian National Congress · INC3,48,51653.9%
- 2KANNAIYAN M.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,71,80626.6%
- 3SUBRAMANIAM S.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK98,80915.3%
- 4ERAGHAVAN D.V.R.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP12,9542.0%
- 5KANTHAPPAN A.Independent · IND2,6330.4%
- 6ANBARASAN A.Independent · IND2,0540.3%
- 7VENKATARAMANUJAM K.Janahitha Paksha · JP1,9770.3%
- 8MANIEZHILAN PULAVARLKD · LKD1,5330.2%
- 9EKAMBARA ACHARY S.Independent · IND1,5000.2%
- 10MATHI KUMAR M.TMM · TMM1,2180.2%
- 11ETHIRAJ V.Independent · IND1,1000.2%
- 12RANGASWAMY A.Independent · IND1,0110.2%
- 13KANNOJI RAO S.Independent · IND8150.1%
- 14AMASIAH A.Independent · IND7090.1%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- +18.4%
- INC share
- 42.8% → 53.9%
- DMK share
- 33.9% → 26.6%
- Turnout
- 71.8% → 66.8%