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Assembly Constituency No. 42

Arcot

15 elections on record · DMK dominant · 15 total

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15 Elections
on Record
DMK Dominant Party
6 wins
42720 Biggest Margin
(2026)
836 Smallest Margin
(1980)
★ 2026 — Current MLA
S. M. Sukumar
ADMK
105608 votes · 46.77%
Margin: 42720
Runner-up
G. Vijay Mohan
TVK
🏆 Biggest Victory
42720 votes
S. M. Sukumar
ADMK
2026 Election
⚡ Closest Contest
836 votes
T. Swamikannu
AIADMK
1980 Election
📈 Peak Votes Ever
105608 votes — S. M. Sukumar in 2026
Party Win History
DMK
6W
40%
ADMK
6W
40%
INC
2W
13%
JP
1W
7%
DMK
6 wins
ADMK
6 wins
INC
2 wins
JP
1 wins
📍 Know About Arcot

Arcot is an Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It has participated in 15 elections from 1962 to 2026. DMK is the historically dominant party with 6 wins out of 15 elections.

AC No. 42 15 elections DMK 6x
Complete Election History
Arcot — All Years 15 elections
YearWinnerPartyVotesVote %Runner-upPartyMargin
2026 S. M. Sukumar ADMK 105608 46.77% G. Vijay Mohan TVK 42720
2021 J. L. Eswarappan DMK 103885 49.52% K. L. Elavazhagan PMK 19958
2016 Eswarappan J L DMK 84182 41.39% Ramadoss K.V ADMK 11091
2011 R. Srinivasan AIADMK 93258 53.11% K. L. Elavazagan PMK 19253
2006 Polur Varadhan INC 53366 42.86% P. Sakthivel VCK 10200
2001 Polur Varadhan INC 54145 48.43% R. Shamala MTD 12277
1996 K.V. Nannan DMK 58958 59.11% C.K. Thamizharasan ADMK 26633
1991 P. Veera Pandiyan ADMK 54611 59.31% K. Munusamy JD 37617
1989 M. Settu JP 26256 34.74% P. Veerapandiyan ADK(J) 3912
1984 T. Swamikannu AIADMK 45770 61.42% P. Anbalagan JP 24731
1980 T. Swamikannu AIADMK 26823 48.06% Arumugam. A INC 836
1977 T. Swamikannu AIADMK 22789 46.36% N. Poosanar DMK 10912
1971 K. Govindan DMK 39978 55.79% Perumalsamy Nayagar INC 8301
1967 K. Govindan DMK 37068 54.86% K. M. Kangan INC 19673
1962 S. Murugaiyan DMK 21163 43.18% Nataraja Mudaliar INC 7298
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