# Arani Lok Sabha constituency

Arani is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 12 of 39. It was created during the 2008 assembly delimitation from the former Vandavasi constituency.

## Assembly segments

Arani constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party |
| 66 | Polur | None | Tiruvannamalai | AIADMK |
| 67 | Arani | None | Tiruvannamalai | AIADMK |
| 68 | Cheyyar | None | Tiruvannamalai | DMK |
| 69 | Vandavasi | SC | Tiruvannamalai | DMK |
| 70 | Gingee | None | Viluppuram | DMK |
| 71 | Mailam | None | Viluppuram | PMK |

## Members of the Parliament

| Year | Winning Candidate | Party |
| 2009 | M. Krishnasamy | Indian National Congress |
| 2014 | V. Elumalai | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2019 | Dr. M. K. Vishnu Prasad | Indian National Congress |

## Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates :
| 2024 | 2024 | 43.86% | 43.86% |
| 2019 | 2019 | 54.32% | 54.32% |
| 2014 | 2014 | 46.26% | 46.26% |
| 2009 | 2009 | 47.27% | 47.27% |

### General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Arani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. S. Tharanivendhan | 500,099 | 43.86 | 10.46 |
| | AIADMK | G. V. Gajendran | 2,91,333 | 25.55 | 8.48 |
| | PMK | A. Ganeshkumar | 2,36,571 | 20.75 | New |
| | NTK | G. Bakkiyalakshmi | 66,740 | 5.85 | 3.00 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 9,188 | 0.81 | 0.68 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,08,766 | 18.31 | 1.99 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,40,261 | 75.76 | 3.25 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,43,186 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 10.46 | |

### General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Arani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | M. K. Vishnu Prasad | 617,760 | 54.32 | +51.77 |
| | AIADMK | V. Elumalai | 3,86,954 | 34.03 | −12.23 |
| | Independent | G. Senthamizhan | 46,383 | 4.08 | |
| | NTK | A. Tamizharasi | 32,409 | 2.85 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 16,921 | 1.49 | 0.63 |
| | MNM | V. Shaji | 14,776 | 1.30 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,30,806 | 20.30 | −2.14 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 11,37,225 | 79.01 | −0.87 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,49,150 | | +5.80 |
| | INC gain from AIADMK | INC gain from AIADMK | Swing | +8.06 | |

### General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Arani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | V. Elumalai | 502,721 | 46.26% | 11.72% |
| | DMK | R. Sivanandam | 2,58,877 | 23.82% | |
| | PMK | A. K. Moorthy | 2,53,332 | 23.31% | |
| | INC | M. K. Vishnu Prasad | 27,717 | 2.55% | −44.72% |
| | Independent | K. Moorthy | 10,263 | 0.94% | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 9,304 | 0.86% | |
| | Independent | V. Moorthy | 8,059 | 0.74% | |
| | BSP | A. Ganesan | 5,573 | 0.51% | −0.64% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,43,844 | 22.44% | 9.71% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 10,86,742 | 80.06% | 2.90% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 13,69,668 | | 24.76% |
| | AIADMK gain from INC | AIADMK gain from INC | Swing | -1.01% | |

### General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Arani :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | M. Krishnasamy | 396,728 | 47.27% | |
| | AIADMK | N. Subramaniyan | 2,89,898 | 34.54% | |
| | DMDK | Ra. Mohanam | 1,05,729 | 12.60% | |
| | Independent | M. Velaudham | 14,919 | 1.78% | |
| | BSP | A. Shankar | 9,700 | 1.16% | |
| | PNK | K. Saravanakumar | 6,022 | 0.72% | |
| | SP | T. V. Hariraj | 5,178 | 0.62% | |
| | Independent | G. Lokesh | 4,934 | 0.59% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,06,830 | 12.73% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 8,39,297 | 76.62% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,97,865 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |