Acharapakkam Assembly constituency

Acharapakkam
Acharapakkam
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chengalpattu
Established	1962
Abolished	2008
Total electors	146,977
Reservation	SC

Acharapakkam was a state assembly constituency in Chengalpattu 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.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member
1962	Venkatasubba Reddy	Indian National Congress
1967	P. S. Ellappan	Swatantra Party
1971	V. Balasundaram	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	K. Ethirajan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	C. Ganesan
1984	K. Ethirajan
1989	E. Ramakrishnan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	E. Ramakrishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. Mathivanan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	A. Selvaraj	Pattali Makkal Katchi
2002 By-election	A. Boovaraghamoorthy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	Sankara Valli @ Sankari Narayanan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Madras State

Election results

Assembly election 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Acharapakkam^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Sankara Valli @ Sankari Narayanan	55,116	50.56%	*New*
	AIADMK	M. Saraswathi	39,260	36.02%	17.40
	DMDK	S. Kantha Gurunathan	10,478	9.61%	New
	Independent	R. K. Balasundaram	1,926	1.77%
	BJP	K. M. Shanmugam	1,629	1.49%	New
Margin of victory			15,856	14.55%	2.69
Turnout			109,003	74.16%	12.03
Total valid votes			109,003
Registered electors			146,977		12.12
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.86

Assembly by-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 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-election : Acharapakkam^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Boovaraghamoorthy	55,507	53.42%	*New*
	PMK	D. Parventhan	37,590	36.18%	17.51
	CPI	P. S. Ellappan	4,047	3.89%	New
	APMK	S. J. Raja	1,928	1.86%	New
	Independent	D. Vinoth Khannan	1,558	1.50%
	Independent	S. Ramesh	852	0.82%
	Independent	A. Murugesan	825	0.79%
Margin of victory			17,917	17.24%	1.88
Turnout			103,911	62.13%	1.97
Total valid votes			103,911
Registered electors			167,240		0.18
	AIADMK gain from PMK		Swing	0.27

Assembly election 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Acharapakkam^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	A. Selvaraj	54,114	53.69%	45.36
	DMK	Dr. T. Murugesan	38,636	38.33%	17.82
	MDMK	E. Sekar	3,397	3.37%	New
	Independent	P. Balaraman	2,153	2.14%
	Independent	M. Kadirvelu	1,943	1.93%
Margin of victory			15,478	15.36%	10.75
Turnout			100,793	60.16%	8.93
Total valid votes			100,793
Registered electors			167,541		13.77
	PMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.46

Assembly election 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Acharapakkam^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Mathivanan	54,558	56.15%	26.37
	AIADMK	A. Boovaraghamoorthy	29,187	30.04%	New
	PMK	E. Adhikesavan	8,098	8.33%	3.97
	JD	A. V. Nagarajan	2,676	2.75%	New
	Independent	M. Kadirvelu	656	0.68%
Margin of victory			25,371	26.11%	0.41
Turnout			101,740	69.09%	0.20
Total valid votes			97,170
Rejected ballots			4,680	4.60%	1.70
Registered electors			147,264		6.26
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	0.15

Assembly election 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Acharapakkam^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	E. Ramakrishnan	52,494	56.30%	*New*
	DMK	M. Jayapal	27,769	29.78%	21.84
	PMK	Raghavan Alias Ambedkar Pithan	11,465	12.30%	New
	Independent	S. Vinayagam	737	0.79%
Margin of victory			24,725	26.52%	8.94
Turnout			96,025	69.29%	4.22
Total valid votes			93,241
Rejected ballots			2,784	2.90%	0.05
Registered electors			138,588		11.36
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.68

Assembly election 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Acharapakkam^[8]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. Ramakrishnan	40,609	51.62%	7.79
	AIADMK	P. Singaram	12,716	16.16%	New
	INC	V. Ramalingam	10,534	13.39%	New
	Independent	Dhanasingh	10,122	12.87%
	Independent	K. Mariappan	2,921	3.71%
	Independent	Goodalore Jayaraj	1,205	1.53%
Margin of victory			27,893	35.46%	24.64
Turnout			80,973	65.07%	10.15
Total valid votes			78,664
Rejected ballots			2,309	2.85%	1.06
Registered electors			124,447		13.47
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	3.04

Assembly election 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Acharapakkam^[9]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Ethirajan	43,323	54.66%	4.58
	DMK	E. Ramakrishnan	34,744	43.83%	6.09
	Independent	S. Sukumaran	1,199	1.51%
Margin of victory			8,579	10.82%	10.65
Turnout			82,494	75.22%	5.57
Total valid votes			79,266
Rejected ballots			3,228	3.91%	2.17
Registered electors			109,675		6.70
	AIADMK hold		Swing

Assembly election 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Acharapakkam^[10]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Ganesan	35,233	50.08%	*New*
	DMK	C. M. Manavalan	35,114	49.92%	11.25
Margin of victory			119	0.17%	4.34
Turnout			71,590	69.65%	5.71
Total valid votes			70,347
Rejected ballots			1,243	1.74%	0.08
Registered electors			102,790		4.17
	AIADMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	6.89

Assembly election 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Acharapakkam^[11]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Ethirajan	26,756	43.19%	*New*
	DMK	N. Muthuvel	23,959	38.67%	28.10
	INC	R. Kuppuswamy	6,366	10.28%	New
	JP	T. Ayyavoo	4,871	7.86%	New
Margin of victory			2,797	4.51%	39.69
Turnout			63,099	63.94%	10.00
Total valid votes			61,952
Rejected ballots			1,147	1.82%	1.82
Registered electors			98,677		15.98
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	23.58

Assembly election 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Acharapakkam^[12]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. Balasundaram	39,816	66.77%	*New*
	INC	C. Ganesan	13,457	22.57%	New
	Independent	A. Perumal	4,346	7.29%
	Independent	C. Elumalai	1,652	2.77%
	Independent	J. R. Jeyaraj	365	0.61%
Margin of victory			26,359	44.20%	19.99
Turnout			62,913	73.94%	3.68
Total valid votes			59,636
Registered electors			85,083		1.83
	DMK gain from SWA		Swing	4.66

Assembly election 1967

1967 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Acharapakkam^[13]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SWA	P. S. Ellappan	38,223	62.11%	*New*
	INC	P. Saradambal	23,322	37.89%	10.66
Margin of victory			14,901	24.21%	16.31
Turnout			64,858	77.62%	4.42
Total valid votes			61,545
Registered electors			83,554		2.35
	SWA gain from INC		Swing	13.56

Assembly election 1962

1962 Madras State Legislative Assembly election : Acharapakkam^[14]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Venkatasubba Reddy	27,170	48.55%	*New*
	DMK	V. Venka	22,748	40.65%	New
	Socialist Party (India)	O. N. Borai Babu	6,044	10.80%	New
Margin of victory			4,422	7.90%
Turnout			59,756	73.20%
Total valid votes			55,962
Registered electors			81,633
	INC win (new seat)

References

↑ "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.
↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
↑ "Dalits favour AIADMK in Acharapakkam". The Hindu. 3 June 2002. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
↑ "Bye Elections May, 2002 - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.
↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

External links

"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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[1] "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 14 June 2012. Retrieved 25 January 2017.

[2] Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.

[3] "Dalits favour AIADMK in Acharapakkam". The Hindu. 3 June 2002. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 21 September 2012.

[4] "Bye Elections May, 2002 - Election Commission of India". old.eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 December 2025.

[5] Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.

[6] Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[7] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[8] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[9] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[10] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[11] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[12] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[13] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

[14] Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.

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