Arantangi Assembly constituency

10°09′47″N 78°59′46″E/10.1631°N 78.9962°E/ 10.1631; 78.9962

Arantangi is a constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city of Aranthangi in Pudukkottai district. It is a part of Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Assembly	Year	Winner
First	1952	Mahamad Salihu Maraicair	Indian National Congress
Second	1957	S. Ramasami Thevar
Third	1962	A. Durai Arasan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourth	1967

Tamil Nadu

Assembly	Year	Winner	Party
Fifth	1971-77	S. Ramanathan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth	1977-80	Su. Thirunavukkarasar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84
Eighth	1984-89
Ninth	1989-91
Tenth	1991-96		Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-99		MGR Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1999-2000*	C. Anbarasan*
Twelfth	2001-06	P. Arasan
Thirteenth	2006-2011	Udayam Shanmugam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2011-2016	M. Rajanayagam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifteenth	2016-2021	E. Rathinasabhapathy
Sixteenth	2021-	T. Ramachandran		Indian National Congress

Su. Thirunavukkarasu, gave his seat up to his mentor Anbarasan, who defeated Raja Paramasivam of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. S. Thirunavukkarasu resigned to be an MP for Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency
Anbarasan died in July 2000 leaving the seat vacant, next election was held in the next general election.

Election results

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes
	INC	S T Ramachandran
	BJP	Kavitha Srikanth
	NTK	Muthu Lakshmi Selvarathinam
	TVK	J Mohamad Parvez	New
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors	227,588
	gain from	Swing

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. Ramachandran	81,835	48.85%	5.11%
	AIADMK	M. Rajanayagam	50,942	30.41%	−14.81%
	NTK	Humayun Kabir M I	18,460	11.02%	10.48%
	AMMK	Sivashanmugam K	4,699	2.80%
	Independent	Velraj. K P	3,164	1.89%
	Independent	Muthuselvam V	2,164	1.29%
	Independent	Dhetchena Moorthy. Dr. S	1,080	0.64%
	MNM	Shaik Mohamed B	966	0.58%
Margin of victory	30,893	18.44%	16.96%
Turnout	1,67,524	70.68%	−1.43%
Rejected ballots	27	0.02%
Registered electors	2,37,024
	INC gain from AIADMK	Swing	3.63%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	E. Rathinasabhapathy E	69,905	45.22%	−7.55%
	INC	T. Ramachandran	67,614	43.74%	3.98%
	CPI	Loganathan P	6,341	4.10%
	SDPI	Kulam Mohamed M	1,741	1.13%
	Independent	Puviyarasan A	1,238	0.80%
	TMMK	Arul Justin Diraviam C	1,176	0.76%
	IJK	Gemini Ganesan M	922	0.60%
	NTK	Sakila Banu A	835	0.54%
	Independent	Narasimhan H	794	0.51%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	775	0.50%
	BSP	Xavier A	720	0.47%
Margin of victory	2,291	1.48%	−11.53%
Turnout	1,54,597	72.11%	−2.95%
Registered electors	2,14,394
	AIADMK hold	Swing	-7.55%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Rajanayagam	67,559	52.77%	21.00%
	INC	Su. Thirunavukkarasar	50,903	39.76%
	Independent	Shariff Km	2,729	2.13%
	IJK	Appa Durai S	2,305	1.80%
	BJP	Sabapathi K	2,218	1.73%	−8.46%
	Independent	Ashrab Khan S	1,211	0.95%
	Independent	Asaiyamani. M	599	0.47%
	Independent	Karunakaran K	503	0.39%
Margin of victory	16,656	13.01%	0.92%
Turnout	1,70,564	75.06%	4.78%
Registered electors	1,28,027
	AIADMK gain from DMK	Swing	8.91%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Udayam Shanmugam	63,333	43.86%
	AIADMK	Karthikeyan. Y	45,873	31.77%
	DMDK	Mohamed Ali Jinnah. O. S. M	15,347	10.63%
	BJP	Kathamuthu. Kl	14,713	10.19%
	Independent	Ramanathan. G	2,304	1.60%
	Independent	Mudiappan. G	543	0.38%
	Independent	Munusamy. K	469	0.32%
	Independent	Murugan. K	413	0.29%
	Independent	Hussain Beevi. K. P	395	0.27%
	Independent	Mahalingam. N	264	0.18%
	Independent	Shanmugam. P	207	0.14%
Margin of victory	17,460	12.09%	−3.65%
Turnout	1,44,402	70.28%	12.83%
Registered electors	2,05,474
	DMK gain from MADMK	Swing	-2.13%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MADMK	P. Arasan	58,499	45.99%
	INC	Chandrasekaran. A	38,481	30.25%
	Independent	Mohamed Ali Jinnah O. S. M	16,620	13.07%
	MDMK	Mahendran. R	8,483	6.67%	4.51%
	Independent	Ramu E	1,859	1.46%
	Independent	Arockiasamy U. S.	1,250	0.98%
	Independent	Ramasmy. M	1,052	0.83%
	Independent	Chelliah Devar. C	960	0.75%
Margin of victory	20,018	15.74%	5.59%
Turnout	1,27,204	57.45%	−13.96%
Registered electors	2,21,413
	MADMK gain from AIADMK	Swing	-4.11%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Su. Thirunavukkarasar	70,260	50.10%	10.08%
	DMK	Shanmugam. S.	56,028	39.95%
	Independent	Sesurasu. M.	6,688	4.77%
	MDMK	Janardhanan. A. B. R.	3,031	2.16%
	BJP	Manivasagam. K.	1,104	0.79%	−0.94%
	Independent	Mohamed Ossali. M. A.	962	0.69%
	Independent	Ponmuthuramalingam. S.	475	0.34%
	Independent	Gandhirasan. V.	245	0.17%
	Independent	Chandrasekaran Udayar. S.	193	0.14%
	JP	Saravanakumar. A.	179	0.13%
	Independent	Sakadevan. M.	128	0.09%
Margin of victory	14,232	10.15%	−6.29%
Turnout	1,40,242	71.41%	0.43%
Registered electors	2,05,492
	AIADMK gain from Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam	Swing	-6.36%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	APTTMK	Su. Thirunavukkarasar	73,571	56.46%
	AIADMK	Chelliah Kuzha	52,150	40.02%	−7.55%
	BJP	Muthuvel A. K.	2,254	1.73%	1.19%
	Independent	Gani Rowther A.	835	0.64%
	THMM	Thangavelu M.	246	0.19%
	Independent	Sakadevan M.	176	0.14%
	Independent	Kalyani Viyasar	169	0.13%
	Independent	Manthirikumar M.	153	0.12%
	Independent	Chittarvel A.	148	0.11%
	Independent	Velappan C.	127	0.10%
	Independent	Jayathiran K.	117	0.09%
Margin of victory	21,421	16.44%	−0.29%
Turnout	1,30,301	70.97%	−6.99%
Registered electors	1,91,195
	Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam gain from AIADMK	Swing	8.88%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Su. Thirunavukkarasar	61,730	47.58%	−15.10%
	DMK	Shanmugasundaram M.	40,027	30.85%	−5.09%
	AIADMK	Venkatasalam. A	13,375	10.31%	−52.37%
	INC	Kalander Naina Mohammed S.	10,512	8.10%
	Independent	Viyasar. R.	1,582	1.22%
	Independent	Kalandar Maitheen N.	767	0.59%
	BJP	Pulikkutti S.	704	0.54%
	Independent	Murugesan R.	406	0.31%
	Independent	Velappan C.	281	0.22%
	Independent	Mohananraj V.	241	0.19%
	Independent	Alagesan. V.	73	0.06%
Margin of victory	21,703	16.73%	−10.01%
Turnout	1,29,746	77.96%	−2.85%
Registered electors	1,70,036
	AIADMK hold	Swing	-15.10%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Su. Thirunavukkarasar	70,101	62.68%	13.17%
	DMK	Ramanathan. S.	40,197	35.94%
	Independent	Viyasar. R.	924	0.83%
	Independent	Karuppiah Servai. S.	622	0.56%
Margin of victory	29,904	26.74%	12.83%
Turnout	1,11,844	80.82%	5.04%
Registered electors	1,45,705
	AIADMK hold	Swing	13.17%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Su. Thirunavukkarasar	50,792	49.50%	12.05%
	Independent	Mohamed Mashood. M.	36,519	35.59%
	Independent	Ramanathan. C.	8,769	8.55%
	JP	Muthiah Allias Pappa N.	4,388	4.28%
	Independent	Karuppiah Muthiraiyar Mandangudi. M.	1,477	1.44%
	Independent	Mani. K. M. P.	485	0.47%
	Independent	Viyazar. R.	174	0.17%
Margin of victory	14,273	13.91%	2.36%
Turnout	1,02,604	75.78%	−0.54%
Registered electors	1,36,966
	AIADMK hold	Swing	12.05%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Su. Thirunavukkarasar	35,468	37.45%
	CPI	P. Appukutty	24,528	25.90%
	DMK	S. Ramanathan	22,052	23.28%	−32.52%
	JP	R. Karuppaiah	7,335	7.75%
	Independent	S.R.M. Iyooboo	4,397	4.64%
	Independent	M. James	511	0.54%
	Independent	R. Viyasar	415	0.44%
Margin of victory	10,940	11.55%	−2.06%
Turnout	94,706	76.32%	−4.83%
Registered electors	1,25,574
	AIADMK gain from DMK	Swing	-18.36%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Ramanathan	49,322	55.81%	2.70%
	INC	Ramanathan Servaikarar	37,289	42.19%	−2.98%
	Independent	M. Aruisamy	1,766	2.00%
Margin of victory	12,033	13.62%	5.67%
Turnout	88,377	81.14%	−2.82%
Registered electors	1,11,761
	DMK hold	Swing	2.70%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Thurairasan	42,943	53.11%	−2.14%
	INC	K. B. Dervaikarar	36,522	45.17%	4.10%
	Independent	A. Perianayagam	1,388	1.72%
Margin of victory	6,421	7.94%	−6.24%
Turnout	80,853	83.97%	12.00%
Registered electors	99,142
	DMK hold	Swing	-2.14%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	A. Durai Arasan	33,781	55.25%
	INC	K. Ramanathan Servai	25,112	41.07%	5.21%
	We Tamils	M. Manickam	2,250	3.68%
Margin of victory	8,669	14.18%	6.82%
Turnout	61,143	71.97%	25.91%
Registered electors	87,806
	DMK gain from Independent	Swing	12.03%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	S. Ramasami Thevar	17,637	43.22%
	INC	Muthuvel Ambalam	14,633	35.86%	−16.95%
	Independent	Sheik Abdul Kadir Rowther	4,423	10.84%
	Independent	Swaminatha Ayyar	2,276	5.58%
	Independent	M. Ramasami Thevar	1,838	4.50%
Margin of victory	3,004	7.36%	−2.97%
Turnout	40,807	46.05%	−9.79%
Registered electors	88,613
	Independent gain from INC	Swing	-9.59%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Arantangi
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mahamad Salihu Maraicair	19,064	52.81%	52.81%
	Independent	Ramaswami Thovar	15,335	42.48%
	Independent	Yusuf Rowther	1,698	4.70%
Margin of victory	3,729	10.33%
Turnout	36,097	55.84%
Registered electors	64,647
	INC win (new seat)

Footnotes

. Election Commission of India. Archived from on 5 October 2010.