Acharapakkam Assembly constituency
Former constituency of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
| Acharapakkam | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Chengalpattu |
| Established | 1962 |
| Abolished | 2008 |
| Total electors | 146,977 |
| Reservation | SC |
Acharapakkam was a state assembly constituency in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] It included the town, Acharapakkam. Acharapakkam assembly constituency (SC) was part of Chengalpattu (Lok Sabha constituency) which is now defunct.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Assembly | Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Third | 1962 | Venkatasubba Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Fourth | 1967 | P. S. Ellappan | Swatantra Party | |
| Fifth | 1971-77 | V. Balasundaram | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Sixth | 1977-80 | K. Ethirajan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Seventh | 1980-84 | C. Ganesan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Eighth | 1984-89 | K. Ethirajan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Ninth | 1989-91 | E. Ramakrishnan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Tenth | 1991-96 | E. Ramakrishnan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Eleventh | 1996-01 | S. Mathivanan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Twelfth | 2001-02 | A. Selvaraj | Pattali Makkal Katchi | |
| 2002 By-elections | 2002-06 | A. Boovaraghamoorthy[2] | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| Thirteenth | 2006-2011 | Sankara Valli | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Election Results
2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | Sankara Valli @ Sankari Narayanan | 55,116 | 50.56% | 12.23% | |
| AIADMK | M. Saraswathi | 39,260 | 36.02% | ||
| DMDK | S. Kantha Gurunathan | 10,478 | 9.61% | ||
| Independent | R. K. Balasundaram | 1,926 | 1.77% | ||
| BJP | K. M. Shanmugam | 1,629 | 1.49% | ||
| Independent | G. Anandan | 594 | 0.54% | ||
| Margin of victory | 15,856 | 14.55% | -0.81% | ||
| Turnout | 109,003 | 74.16% | 14.00% | ||
| Registered electors | 146,977 | ||||
| DMK gain from PMK | Swing | -3.12% | |||
Bye-election, 2002
Source: The Hindu[4]
The MDMK, did not contest this seat, instead supported the PMK candidate, which also got the support of DMK and BJP.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | A. Boovaragamoorthy | 55,507 | 53.4% | ||
| PMK | D. Parventhan | 37,590 | 36.2% | ||
| CPI | P.S. Ellappan | 4,047 | 3.9% | ||
| APMK | S.J. Raja | 1,928 | 1.9% | ||
| Majority | 17,917 | 3.89% | n/a | ||
| Turnout | 103,911 | 62.1% | n/a | ||
| AIADMK gain from PMK | Swing | ||||
2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PMK | A. Selvaraj | 54,114 | 53.69% | ||
| DMK | Dr. T. Murugesan | 38,636 | 38.33% | -17.81% | |
| MDMK | E. Sekar | 3,397 | 3.37% | ||
| Independent | P. Balaraman | 2,153 | 2.14% | ||
| Independent | M. Kadirvelu | 1,943 | 1.93% | ||
| Independent | D. Kothandam | 550 | 0.55% | ||
| Margin of victory | 15,478 | 15.36% | -10.75% | ||
| Turnout | 100,793 | 60.16% | -8.93% | ||
| Registered electors | 167,541 | ||||
| PMK gain from DMK | Swing | -2.46% | |||
1996
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | S. Mathivanan | 54,558 | 56.15% | 26.36% | |
| AIADMK | A. Boovaraghamoorthy | 29,187 | 30.04% | -26.26% | |
| PMK | E. Adhikesavan | 8,098 | 8.33% | ||
| JD | A. V. Nagarajan | 2,676 | 2.75% | ||
| Independent | M. Kadirvelu | 656 | 0.68% | ||
| BJP | P. K. Varatharajan | 350 | 0.36% | ||
| Independent | P. G. Selladurai | 305 | 0.31% | ||
| Independent | K. Mari @ Marinath | 259 | 0.27% | ||
| Independent | M. Kannan | 239 | 0.25% | ||
| Independent | V. Kumar | 238 | 0.24% | ||
| Independent | Er. Arumugam | 185 | 0.19% | ||
| Margin of victory | 25,371 | 26.11% | -0.41% | ||
| Turnout | 97,170 | 69.09% | -0.20% | ||
| Registered electors | 147,264 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -0.15% | |||
1991
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | E. Ramakrishnan | 52,494 | 56.30% | 40.13% | |
| DMK | M. Jayapal | 27,769 | 29.78% | -21.84% | |
| PMK | Raghavan Alias Ambedkar Pithan | 11,465 | 12.30% | ||
| Independent | S. Vinayagam | 737 | 0.79% | ||
| Independent | R. Mohan | 461 | 0.49% | ||
| THMM | K. Manoharan | 315 | 0.34% | ||
| Margin of victory | 24,725 | 26.52% | -8.94% | ||
| Turnout | 93,241 | 69.29% | 4.22% | ||
| Registered electors | 138,588 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 4.68% | |||
1989
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | E. Ramakrishnan | 40,609 | 51.62% | 7.79% | |
| AIADMK | P. Singaram | 12,716 | 16.16% | -38.49% | |
| INC | V. Ramalingam | 10,534 | 13.39% | ||
| Independent | Dhanasingh | 10,122 | 12.87% | ||
| Independent | K. Mariappan | 2,921 | 3.71% | ||
| Independent | Goodalore Jayaraj | 1,205 | 1.53% | ||
| Independent | S. Kupuswamy | 328 | 0.42% | ||
| Independent | A. Ponnuswamy | 162 | 0.21% | ||
| Independent | A. Munuswamy | 67 | 0.09% | ||
| Margin of victory | 27,893 | 35.46% | 24.64% | ||
| Turnout | 78,664 | 65.07% | -10.15% | ||
| Registered electors | 124,447 | ||||
| DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -3.03% | |||
1984
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. Ethirajan | 43,323 | 54.66% | 4.57% | |
| DMK | E. Ramakrishnan | 34,744 | 43.83% | -6.08% | |
| Independent | S. Sukumaran | 1,199 | 1.51% | ||
| Margin of victory | 8,579 | 10.82% | 10.65% | ||
| Turnout | 79,266 | 75.22% | 5.57% | ||
| Registered electors | 109,675 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 4.57% | |||
1980
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | C. Ganesan | 35,233 | 50.08% | 6.90% | |
| DMK | C. M. Manavalan | 35,114 | 49.92% | 11.24% | |
| Margin of victory | 119 | 0.17% | -4.35% | ||
| Turnout | 70,347 | 69.65% | 5.70% | ||
| Registered electors | 102,790 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 6.90% | |||
1977
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | K. Ethirajan | 26,756 | 43.19% | ||
| DMK | N. Muthuvel | 23,959 | 38.67% | -28.09% | |
| INC | R. Kuppuswamy | 6,366 | 10.28% | -12.29% | |
| JP | T. Ayyavoo | 4,871 | 7.86% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,797 | 4.51% | -39.69% | ||
| Turnout | 61,952 | 63.94% | -10.00% | ||
| Registered electors | 98,677 | ||||
| AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -23.58% | |||
1971
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | V. Balasundaram | 39,816 | 66.77% | ||
| INC | C. Ganesan | 13,457 | 22.57% | -15.33% | |
| Independent | A. Perumal | 4,346 | 7.29% | ||
| Independent | C. Elumalai | 1,652 | 2.77% | ||
| Independent | J. R. Jeyaraj | 365 | 0.61% | ||
| Margin of victory | 26,359 | 44.20% | 19.99% | ||
| Turnout | 59,636 | 73.94% | -3.68% | ||
| Registered electors | 85,083 | ||||
| DMK gain from SWA | Swing | 4.66% | |||
1967
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SWA | P. S. Ellappan | 38,223 | 62.11% | ||
| INC | P. Saradambal | 23,322 | 37.89% | -10.66% | |
| Margin of victory | 14,901 | 24.21% | 16.31% | ||
| Turnout | 61,545 | 77.62% | 4.42% | ||
| Registered electors | 83,554 | ||||
| SWA gain from INC | Swing | 13.55% | |||
1962
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Venkatasubba Reddy | 27,170 | 48.55% | ||
| DMK | V. Venka | 22,748 | 40.65% | ||
| Socialist | O. N. Borai Babu | 6,044 | 10.80% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,422 | 7.90% | |||
| Turnout | 55,962 | 73.20% | |||
| Registered electors | 81,633 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
References
- ^ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
- ^ "AIADMK wrests two seats". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
- ^ "Dalits favour AIADMK in Acharapakkam". The Hindu. 3 June 2002. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
- ^ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
External links
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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