Acharapakkam Assembly constituency

Acharapakkam (SC) was a state assembly constituency in Kancheepuram 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.

Acharapakkam
Former constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictChengalpattu
LS constituencyAcharapakkam Assembly constituency
Established1962
Abolished2006
Total electors1,46,977
ReservationGeneral

Members of 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 Ethraj 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

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Sankara Valli @ Sankari Narayanan 55,116 50.56%
AIADMK Saraswathi. M 39,260 36.02%
DMK Kanthagurunathan. S 10,478 9.61%
Independent Balasundaram. R.K 1,926 1.77%
BJP Shanmugam. K.M 1,629 1.49%
Independent Anandan. G 594 0.54%
Margin of victory 15,856 14.55%
Turnout 1,09,003 74.18%
DMK gain from PMK Swing -3.13%

Bye-election, 2002

Source: The Hindu[3]
The MDMK, did not contest this seat, instead supported the PMK candidate, which also got the support of DMK and BJP.

2002–03 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Acharapakkam
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

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PMK A. Selvaraj 54,114 53.69%
DMK Dr. Murugesan. T 38,636 38.33%
MDMK Saker. E 3,397 3.37%
Independent Balaraman. P 2,153 2.14%
Independent Kadirvelu. M 1,943 1.93%
Independent Kothandam. D 550 0.55%
Margin of victory 15,478 15.35%
Turnout 1,00,793 60.16%
PMK gain from DMK Swing -2.46%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. Mathivanan 54,558 56.15%
AIADMK Bhuvaraghamoorthy. A 29.187 30.04%
PMK Adhikesavan. E 8,098 8.33%
JD(U) Nagarajan A. V 2,676 2.75%
Margin of victory 25,371 27.82%
Turnout 97,170 69.09%
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Ramakrishanan 52,494 56.30%
DMK Jayapal M. 27,769 29.78%
PMK Raghavan Alias Ambedkar Pithan 11,465 12.30%
Independent Vinayagam S. 737 0.79%
Independent Mohan R. 461 0.49%
Margin of victory 24,725 26.52%
Turnout 93,241 69.29
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK Ramakrishnan. E 40,609 51.62%
ADK(JR) Singaram. P 12,716 16.16%
INC Ramalingam. V 10,534 13.39%
Independent Dhanasingh 10,122 12.87%
Independent Mariappan. K 2,921 3.71%
Independent Goodalore Jayaraj 1,205 1.53%
Independent Kupuswamy. S 328 0.42%
Independent Ponnuswamy. A 162 0.21%
Independent Munuswamy. A 67 0.09%
Margin of victory 27,893 35.46%
Turnout 78,664 75.22%
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK K. Ethirajan 43,323 54.66%
DMK E. Ramakrishnan 34,744 43.83%
Independent S. Sukumaran 1,199 1.51%
Margin of victory 8,579 10.82%
Turnout 79,266 75.22
AIADMK hold Swing

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Ganesan.C 35,233 50.08%
DMK Manavalan.C.M 35,114 49.92%
Margin of victory 119 0.17%
Turnout 70,347 69.65%
AIADMK hold Swing

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Ethraj 26,756 43.19%
DMK N. Muthuvel 23,959 38.67%
INC R. Kuppuswamy 6,366 10.28%
JNP T. Ayyavoo 4,871 7.86%
Margin of victory 2,797 4.51%
Turnout 61,952 63.94%
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V Balasundaram 39,816 66.77%
NCO C Ganesan 13,457 22.57%
Independent A Perumal 4,346 7.29%
Independent C Elumalai 1,652 2.77%
Independent Jeyaraj J R 365 0.61%
Margin of victory 26,359 44.20%
Turnout 59,636 73.94%
DMK gain from SWA Swing

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SWA P. S. Ellappan 38,223 62.11%
INC P. Saradambal 23,322 37.89%
Margin of victory 14,901 24.21%
Turnout 61,545 77.62%
SWA gain from Swing

References

  1. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
  2. "AIADMK wrests two seats". The Hindu. Chennai, India. 3 June 2002. Retrieved 3 July 2020.
  3. "Dalits favour AIADMK in Acharapakkam". The Hindu. 3 June 2002. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

"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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