Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Arakkonam (Tamil Nadu) was won by S. Jagathrakshakan (DMK) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 328,956 votes over A.K. Moorthy. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu, from 1977 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1977–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1977
Alagesan O.V.
Indian National Congress
243,818
52.4%
Veeraswami N. (DMK)
57,864 (12.4 pts)
1980
Velu A.M.
Congress (I)
278,516
60.8%
Ragunathan A.M. (AIADMK)
117,361 (25.6 pts)
1984
R. Jeevarathinam
Indian National Congress
292,606
52.2%
Pulavar K. Govindan (DMK)
60,942 (10.9 pts)
1989
Jeevarathinam, R.
Indian National Congress
299,587
42.8%
Murthy, K. (DMK)
62,393 (8.9 pts)
1991
Jeevarathinam R.
Indian National Congress
348,516
53.9%
Kannaiyan M. (DMK)
176,710 (27.3 pts)
1996
Velu.A.M
Trinamool Congress
425,974
59.0%
Raviram.R (Indian National Congress)
264,845 (36.7 pts)
1998
Gopal C
AIADMK
359,431
51.6%
Velu A.M. (Trinamool Congress)
49,488 (7.1 pts)
1999
Jagathrakshakan, S. Dr.
DMK
346,520
47.7%
Thangka Balu, K.V. (Indian National Congress)
95,644 (13.2 pts)
2004
Velu, R.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
386,911
49.9%
Shanmugam. N (AIADMK)
102,196 (13.2 pts)
2009
Jagathrakshakan
DMK
415,041
48.7%
Velu R (Pattali Makkal Katchi)
109,796 (12.9 pts)
2014
Hari, G.
AIADMK
493,534
45.3%
Elango, N.R (DMK)
240,766 (22.1 pts)
2019
S. Jagathrakshakan
DMK
672,190
57.7%
A.K. Moorthy (Pattali Makkal Katchi)
328,956 (28.2 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Alagesan O.V.
Indian National Congress
243,818
52.4%
Veeraswami N.
DMK
185,954
40.0%
Margabandu R.
Independent
11,997
2.6%
Daniel Y.
Independent
9,638
2.1%
Selvaraji K.
Independent
4,471
1.0%
Kandappan A.
Independent
3,670
0.8%
Raghavan D.
Independent
2,593
0.6%
Jayachandra Naidu R.
Independent
1,619
0.3%
Narayanan
Independent
1,570
0.3%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Velu A.M.
Congress (I)
278,516
60.8%
Ragunathan A.M.
AIADMK
161,155
35.2%
Krishnan K.
Independent
7,904
1.7%
Periasamy Reddiar A.M.
Independent
4,153
0.9%
Kanthappan A.
Independent
3,255
0.7%
Janakiraman A.
Janata Party (Secular)
2,875
0.6%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
R. Jeevarathinam
Indian National Congress
292,606
52.2%
Pulavar K. Govindan
DMK
231,664
41.3%
M.D. Kalyanasundaram
Bharatiya Janata Party
15,462
2.8%
K. Selvaraju
Independent
10,158
1.8%
A. Kanthappan
Independent
8,967
1.6%
Pulavar Mani Ezhilan
Independent
1,702
0.3%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jeevarathinam, R.
Indian National Congress
299,587
42.8%
Murthy, K.
DMK
237,194
33.9%
Subramaniam, S.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
147,902
21.1%
Ravi (A) Ramachandran, N.
Independent
2,234
0.3%
Alphons, K.
TMM
1,994
0.3%
Kandappan, A.
Independent
1,962
0.3%
Visvanathan, R.
Independent
1,905
0.3%
Ravi Kumar, K.
Independent
1,789
0.3%
Denny. Y.
Independent
1,596
0.2%
Venkatasaperumal, M. V. P.
Independent
1,320
0.2%
Maniezhilan Pulavar
Independent
918
0.1%
Narayanan Nayar, K. N.
Independent
622
0.1%
Muruganandam, S.
Independent
535
0.1%
Annamalai, G.
Independent
494
0.1%
Vedanandam, Z.
Independent
463
0.1%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jeevarathinam R.
Indian National Congress
348,516
53.9%
Kannaiyan M.
DMK
171,806
26.6%
Subramaniam S.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
98,809
15.3%
Eraghavan D.V.R.
Bharatiya Janata Party
12,954
2.0%
Kanthappan A.
Independent
2,633
0.4%
Anbarasan A.
Independent
2,054
0.3%
Venkataramanujam K.
Janata Party
1,977
0.3%
Maniezhilan Pulavar
LKD
1,533
0.2%
Ekambara Achary S.
Independent
1,500
0.2%
Mathi Kumar M.
TMM
1,218
0.2%
Ethiraj V.
Independent
1,100
0.2%
Rangaswamy A.
Independent
1,011
0.2%
Kannoji Rao S.
Independent
815
0.1%
Amasiah A.
Independent
709
0.1%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Velu.A.M
Trinamool Congress
425,974
59.0%
Raviram.R
Indian National Congress
161,129
22.3%
Venugopal.N
AIIC(T)
80,714
11.2%
Jayakaran Joseph
Janata Dal
31,703
4.4%
Manoharan.N
Bharatiya Janata Party
6,596
0.9%
Manavalan.K
Independent
3,433
0.5%
Sanjeevi.A
Independent
2,017
0.3%
Dilli R
Independent
1,674
0.2%
Kandappan.A
Independent
1,590
0.2%
Kannoji Rao.S
Independent
1,237
0.2%
Visvanathan.R
Independent
1,226
0.2%
Venkatesaperumal.P
Independent
1,125
0.2%
Chandran.R.
Independent
832
0.1%
Karunakaran.B
Independent
718
0.1%
Agaram Chitra Ranjan Das
Independent
600
0.1%
Raja.A.R.
Independent
561
0.1%
Maniezhilan.Pulavar
Independent
282
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Gopal C
AIADMK
359,431
51.6%
Velu A.M.
Trinamool Congress
309,943
44.5%
Dhamotharan R
Indian National Congress
24,519
3.5%
Kandappan A
Independent
1,120
0.2%
Natarajan S.M.N.
SHSP
1,078
0.2%
Maniezhilan Pulavar
SAP
987
0.1%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jagathrakshakan, S. Dr.
DMK
346,520
47.7%
Thangka Balu, K.V.
Indian National Congress
250,876
34.6%
Velu, A.M.
Trinamool Congress
121,386
16.7%
Arunkumar, S.
RPI(A)
2,180
0.3%
Sampath, S.
Independent
1,683
0.2%
Maniezhilan, A. Pulavar
Independent
989
0.1%
Raji, A.D.
Independent
656
0.1%
Kanthappan, A.
Independent
607
0.1%
Balaraman, S.
Independent
568
0.1%
Muniswamy, K.A.
Independent
419
0.1%
Amirdhalingam, T.R.
Independent
229
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Velu, R.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
386,911
49.9%
Shanmugam. N
AIADMK
284,715
36.7%
Sethumadhavan. S
Janata Dal (United)
34,876
4.5%
Kulandaivelu. M
Janata Party
22,284
2.9%
Venkatesan. V
Independent
9,646
1.2%
Arunkumar. S
RPI(A)
5,507
0.7%
Velu. M
Independent
5,022
0.6%
Ravi. N
Independent
4,371
0.6%
Sampath. G
Independent
4,333
0.6%
Velu. K
Independent
4,061
0.5%
Velu. G S
Independent
2,229
0.3%
Velu. S
Independent
2,169
0.3%
Sekatham Basha. M
Independent
1,466
0.2%
Sekar. A
Independent
1,342
0.2%
Askar. A
Independent
1,273
0.2%
Mohan. R
Samajwadi Party
1,265
0.2%
Shanmugam. N
Independent
1,171
0.2%
Shanmugam. S
Independent
1,044
0.1%
Maniezhilan, Pulavar. A
BBP
1,038
0.1%
Elangovan. M
Independent
716
0.1%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Jagathrakshakan
DMK
415,041
48.7%
Velu R
Pattali Makkal Katchi
305,245
35.8%
Sankar S
DMDK
82,038
9.6%
Panjatsaram D
Independent
7,078
0.8%
Mary John
Bahujan Samaj Party
6,641
0.8%
Palani W B
PNK
6,026
0.7%
Annamalai S C
AIVP
4,305
0.5%
Muthiyalu M
Independent
4,084
0.5%
Janakiraman J
Independent
4,032
0.5%
Jagadeeswaran J
Independent
3,788
0.4%
Isaac Jeba Kumar S
AIJMK
2,799
0.3%
Pandian E
Independent
2,298
0.3%
Sutha N
Independent
1,883
0.2%
Jegan S
Independent
1,615
0.2%
Shanmugam K
Janata Dal (United)
1,533
0.2%
Mathew N D
Independent
1,247
0.1%
Thulasi G
Independent
1,089
0.1%
Manavaulan K
Samajwadi Party
980
0.1%
Srinivasan K
LJP
765
0.1%
Passamighu Annan Venkatesanor Ta V
ADSMK
629
0.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Hari, G.
AIADMK
493,534
45.3%
Elango, N.R
DMK
252,768
23.2%
Velu, R.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
233,762
21.5%
Rajesh, R
Indian National Congress
56,337
5.2%
None Of The Above
Independent
10,370
1.0%
Dass, D.
Bahujan Samaj Party
7,354
0.7%
Gajendran, S.
Independent
6,570
0.6%
Panchu.Udayakumar
Independent
6,025
0.6%
Rajesh, S.
Aam Aadmi Party
4,021
0.4%
Ravi, V.
Independent
2,198
0.2%
Gopinathan, G.
Independent
1,955
0.2%
Elangovan, D.
Independent
1,556
0.1%
Hari, S.
Independent
1,458
0.1%
Viswanathan, P.
Independent
1,434
0.1%
Vadivel, A.
Independent
1,023
0.1%
Velu, D.
Independent
920
0.1%
Elango, N.
Independent
918
0.1%
Elangovan, A.
Independent
804
0.1%
Velu, V.
Independent
783
0.1%
Velu, R.
Independent
747
0.1%
Sridhar, R.S
Independent
723
0.1%
Arun, N.
Independent
610
0.1%
Hari, S.
Independent
599
0.1%
Shettu, S.
Independent
570
0.1%
Harikrishnan, P.
Independent
541
0.0%
Elango, D.
Independent
517
0.0%
Sadhu Muthu Kristnan Erajandran, T.M.S.
Independent
484
0.0%
Ravi, N.D.
Independent
471
0.0%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
S. Jagathrakshakan
DMK
672,190
57.7%
A.K. Moorthy
Pattali Makkal Katchi
343,234
29.4%
N.G. Parthiban
Independent
66,826
5.7%
Y.R. Pavendhan
NTK
29,347
2.5%
Rajendran, N.
MNM
23,771
2.0%
D. Doss
Bahujan Samaj Party
8,307
0.7%
M. Savitha
API
4,498
0.4%
C. Moorthy
Independent
3,499
0.3%
M. Parthiban
Independent
3,313
0.3%
G. Moorthy
Independent
1,616
0.1%
M.S. Krishnan
Independent
1,322
0.1%
M. Natarajan
Independent
1,214
0.1%
Dr.T.M.S.Sadhu Muthu Krishnan Erajendran
Independent
1,186
0.1%
S. Shettu
Independent
1,067
0.1%
P.S. Suresh
Independent
1,062
0.1%
B. Ganesan
Independent
925
0.1%
R. Elamvazhudhi
Independent
862
0.1%
Panchu.Udayakumar
Independent
839
0.1%
R. Ramesh
Independent
803
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Arakkonam has been contested at 12 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1977. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Indian National Congress, Congress (I), Trinamool Congress, AIADMK, DMK, Pattali Makkal Katchi.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Arakkonam in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
S. Jagathrakshakan (DMK) won Arakkonam, Tamil Nadu, in 2019 with 672,190 votes (57.7%), a margin of 328,956 votes over A.K. Moorthy.
Which parties have won Arakkonam since 1977?
Since 1977, Arakkonam has been won by: AIADMK, Congress (I), DMK, Indian National Congress, Pattali Makkal Katchi, Trinamool Congress.
What was the closest result in Arakkonam?
The closest result on record for Arakkonam was 1998, when AIADMK beat Trinamool Congress by just 49,488 votes (7.1 percentage points).