Constituency
381. Arakkonam
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-ARAKKONAM
PMK 49.9%won by 13.2%AIADMK 36.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), which now leads by 13.2%.
- PMK vote sharePMK went from 0.0% to 49.9% of the vote here (+49.9%).
- New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 36.7% — it did not contest here in 1999.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.0% to 66.8%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,60,259
Turnout
66.8%
Valid votes
7,75,439
Margin
1,02,196
13.18%
Candidates
20 contested · winner PMK- 1VELU, R.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK3,86,91149.9%
- 2SHANMUGAM. NAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,84,71536.7%
- 3SETHUMADHAVAN . SJanata Dal (United) · JDU34,8764.5%
- 4KULANDAIVELU. MJanahitha Paksha · JP22,2842.9%
- 5VENKATESAN. VIndependent · IND9,6461.2%
- 6ARUNKUMAR. SRPIA · RPIA5,5070.7%
- 7VELU. MIndependent · IND5,0220.6%
- 8RAVI. NIndependent · IND4,3710.6%
- 9SAMPATH. GIndependent · IND4,3330.6%
- 10VELU. KIndependent · IND4,0610.5%
- 11VELU. G SIndependent · IND2,2290.3%
- 12VELU. SIndependent · IND2,1690.3%
- 13SEKATHAM BASHA. MIndependent · IND1,4660.2%
- 14SEKAR. AIndependent · IND1,3420.2%
- 15ASKAR. AIndependent · IND1,2730.2%
- 16MOHAN. RSamajwadi Party · SP1,2650.2%
- 17SHANMUGAM. NIndependent · IND1,1710.2%
- 18SHANMUGAM. SIndependent · IND1,0440.1%
- 19MANIEZHILAN, PULAVAR. ABBP · BBP1,0380.1%
- 20ELANGOVAN. MIndependent · IND7160.1%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- PMKflipped
- PMK–AIADMK swing
- +13.2%
- PMK share
- 0.0% → 49.9%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 36.7%
- Turnout
- 64.8% → 66.8%