# Acharapakkam Assembly constituency

Acharapakkam was a state assembly constituency in Chengalpattu district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. 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-election | 2002-06 | A. Boovaraghamoorthy | 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 | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,856 | 14.55% | −0.81% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 109,003 | 74.16% | 14.00% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 146,977 | | |
| | DMK gain from PMK | DMK gain from PMK | Swing | -3.12% | |

### 2002 by-election

Source: The Hindu 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 | 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 | Majority | Majority | 17,917 | 3.89% | n/a |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 103,911 | 62.1% | n/a |
| | AIADMK gain from PMK | AIADMK gain from PMK | Swing | | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,478 | 15.36% | −10.75% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 100,793 | 60.16% | −8.93% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 167,541 | | |
| | PMK gain from DMK | PMK gain from DMK | Swing | -2.46% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 25,371 | 26.11% | −0.41% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 97,170 | 69.09% | −0.20% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 147,264 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -0.15% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,725 | 26.52% | −8.94% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 93,241 | 69.29% | 4.22% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 138,588 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 4.68% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 27,893 | 35.46% | 24.64% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 78,664 | 65.07% | −10.15% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 124,447 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -3.03% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,579 | 10.82% | 10.65% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 79,266 | 75.22% | 5.57% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 109,675 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 4.57% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 119 | 0.17% | −4.35% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,347 | 69.65% | 5.70% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 102,790 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 6.90% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,797 | 4.51% | −39.69% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,952 | 63.94% | −10.00% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 98,677 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -23.58% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 26,359 | 44.20% | 19.99% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 59,636 | 73.94% | −3.68% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 85,083 | | |
| | DMK gain from SWA | DMK gain from SWA | Swing | 4.66% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | SWA | P. S. Ellappan | 38,223 | 62.11% | |
| | INC | P. Saradambal | 23,322 | 37.89% | −10.66% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,901 | 24.21% | 16.31% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 61,545 | 77.62% | 4.42% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 83,554 | | |
| | SWA gain from INC | SWA gain from INC | Swing | 13.55% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Acharapakkam :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,422 | 7.90% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 55,962 | 73.20% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 81,633 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |