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{{Infobox Lok Sabha Constituency
|Name = Arakkonam
|image = arakkonam lok sabha constituency.png
|caption = Arakkonam constituency, post-2008 delimitation
|Existence = 1977-present
|CurrentMPParty =[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)]]
|CurrentMP = Dr.S.Jagathrakshakan
|ElectedByYear = [[Indian general election in Tamil Nadu, 2019|2019 Election]]
|State = [[Tamil Nadu]]
|Successful Party = [[Indian National Congress]] (5 times)
|AssemblyConstituencies = [[Tiruttani (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruttani]] [[Arakkonam (State Assembly Constituency)|Arakkonam ]] [[Sholinghur (State Assembly Constituency)|Sholinghur]] [[Katpadi (State Assembly Constituency)|Katpadi]] [[Ranipet (State Assembly Constituency)|Ranipet]] [[Arcot (State Assembly Constituency)|Arcot]]
|Electorate = 14,94,929<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result]</ref>
}}
'''Arakkonam''' is a [[Lok Sabha]] (Parliament of India) constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]].
{| class="wikitable" border="1"; "width:300px"
|+ Demographics (1999)<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/30/stories/2004043005930400.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20041118213931/http://www.hindu.com/2004/04/30/stories/2004043005930400.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = November 18, 2004 |title = Multifarious issues for the electorate | newspaper = [[The Hindu]] | date = Apr 30, 2004 | access-date = 2009-07-20}}</ref>
! Category
! Data
|-
|Created
|1977
|-
|[[Vanniyars]]
|26%
|-
|[[Dalits]]
|24%
|-
|[[Mudaliar]]
|15%
|-
|[[Islam in India|Muslims]]
|15%
|-
|Total Electorate
|14,94,929
|-
|}

==Assembly segments==
{|class="wikitable" width="500px"
!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number
!width="200px"|Name
!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for ([[Dalit|SC]]/[[Adivasi|ST]]/None)
!width="150px"|District
|-
|3.
|[[Tiruttani (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruttani]]
|None
|[[Thiruvallur District|Thiruvallur]]
|-
|38.
|[[Arakkonam (SC) (State Assembly Constituency)|Arakkonam]]
|SC
|[[Ranipet district|Ranipet]]
|-
|39.
|[[Sholinghur (State Assembly Constituency)|Sholinghur]]
|None
|[[Ranipet district|Ranipet]]
|-
|40.
|[[Katpadi (State Assembly Constituency)|Katpadi]]
|None
|[[Vellore District|Vellore]]
|-
|41.
| [[Ranipet (State Assembly Constituency)|Ranipet]]
|None
|[[Ranipet district|Ranipet]]
|-
|42.
| [[Arcot (State Assembly Constituency)|Arcot]]
|None
|[[Ranipet district|Ranipet]]
|-
|}
[[File:1971 delimitation arakkonam lok sabha constituency.png|thumb|left|Arakkonam constituency as laid out by 1971 Delimitation. The boundaries for this constituency lasted until 2004 election, which was then replaced by 2008 Delimitation.]]
Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|title=List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
|access-date=2008-10-08
|work=Tamil Nadu
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081031131000/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|archive-date=31 October 2008
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

Before 2009:

1.Pallipattu

2.Arakkonam (SC)

3.Solingar

4.Ranipettai

5.arcaud

6.Seyyaru

==Members of the Parliament==
* 1967 : [[S. K. Sambandhan]], DMK ( as Tiruthani seat )
* 1971 : [[O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar]], INC ( as Tiruthani seat )
* 1977 : [[O. V. Alagesa Mudaliar]], Indian National Congress
* 1980 : [[A. M. Velu|A. M. Velu Mudaliyar]], [[Indian National Congress]]
* 1984 : [[Jeevarathinam Rangaswamy]], [[Indian National Congress]]
* 1989 : [[Jeevarathinam Rangaswamy]], [[Indian National Congress]]
* 1991 : [[Jeevarathinam Rangaswamy]], [[Indian National Congress]]
* 1996 : [[A. M. Velu|A. M. Velu Mudaliyar]], [[Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)]]
* 1998 : [[C. Gopal Mudaliyar]], AIADMK
* 1999 : [[S. Jagathrakshakan]], DMK
* 2004 : [[R. Velu]], [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
* 2009 : [[S. Jagathrakshakan]], DMK
* 2014 : [[G. Hari]], AIADMK
* 2019 : Dr. S. Jagathrakshagan<ref>{{cite web|title=General elections to the 17th Lok Sabha, 2019 - List of members elected|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/10277-general-election-to-the-17th-lok-sabha-2019-list-of-members-elected/|page=26|format=PDF|publisher=Election Commission of India|date=25 May 2019|access-date=2 June 2019|location=New Delhi}}</ref>

== Election results ==

===2019===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general elections]]: [[Arakkonam]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[S. Jagathrakshakan]]
|votes = 6,72,190
|percentage = 57.06
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|candidate = [[A. K. Moorthy]]
|votes = 3,43,234
|percentage = 29.14
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Amma Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[N. G. Parthiban]]
|votes = 66,826
|percentage = 5.67
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Naam Tamilar Katchi
|candidate = Y. R. Pavendhan
|votes = 29,347
|percentage = 2.49
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Makkal Needhi Maiam
|candidate = N. Rajendran
|votes = 23,771
|percentage = 2.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
| party = [[None of the above|NOTA]]
| candidate = [[None of the Above]]
| votes = 12,179
| percentage = 1.03
| change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 3,28,956
|percentage = 27.92
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 11,79,712
|percentage = 78.65
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
===2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general elections]]: [[Arakkonam]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[G. Hari]]
|votes = 4,93,534
|percentage = 45.32
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate =N. R. Elango
|votes = 2,52,768
|percentage = 23.21
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|candidate = [[R. Velu]]
|votes =2,33,762
|percentage = 21.46
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Indian National Congress
|candidate = R. Rajesh
|votes =56,337
|percentage = 5.17
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =None of the above
|candidate = [[None of the above]]
|votes =10,370
|percentage = 0.95
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 2,40,766
|percentage = 22.11
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 10,89,771
|percentage = 77.74
|change = -0.08
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
| loser = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|winner = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2009===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2009 Indian general elections]]: [[Arakkonam]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = [[S. Jagathrakshakan]]
|votes =4,15,041
|percentage = 48.54
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|candidate = [[R. Velu]]
|votes =3,05,245
|percentage = 35.70
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
|candidate =S. Sankar
|votes = 82,038
|percentage =9.59
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party =Independent politician
|candidate =Panjatsaram D
|votes =7,078
|percentage =0.83
|change =
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes =1,09,796
|percentage = 12.87
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 8,54,975
|percentage = 77.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| loser = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2004===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2004 Indian general elections]]: [[Arakkonam]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|candidate = [[R. Velu]]
|votes = 3,86,911
|percentage = 49.88
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|candidate = Shanmugam N.
|votes = 2,84,715
|percentage = 36.70
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Sethumadhavan S.
|votes = 34,876
|percentage = 4.50
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Janata Party
|candidate = Kulandaivelu M.
|votes = 22,284
|percentage = 2.87
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Venkatesan V.
|votes = 9,646
|percentage = 1.24
|change = n/a
}}
{{Election box majority|
|votes = 1,02,196
|percentage = 13.17
|change = +0.30
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 7,75,745
|percentage = 66.86
|change = +0.54
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Pattali Makkal Katchi
|loser = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|swing = +49.88
}}
{{Election box end}}
Note: The incumbent party [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] did not contest this seat in 2004. Instead it was contested by its [[United Progressive Alliance]] (UPA) coalition partner [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] (PMK), who won the seat. Thus, the UPA held the seat. PMK had not contested this seat in the previous [[1999 Indian general election|1999 elections]].

==See also==
* [[Arakkonam]]
* [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]

==References==
{{reflist}}
* [[Election Commission of India]]: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20190407182143/https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/tamilnadu/arakkonam/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_dates.html Arakkonam lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule]

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