Arakkonam
V. Gandhiraj (TVK) is the MLA for Arakkonam.
TVK took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 V. Gandhiraj won with 40.5% of the vote, 23,121 votes ahead of Ezhil Caroline (VCK).
Arakkonam is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 46 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Arakkonam
- Area
- about 398 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 75.4%
- Seats sharing a border
- Kancheepuram · Sholingur · Sriperumbudur · Thiruvallur · Tiruttani
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK V. Gandhiraj | 73,776 · 40.5% | VCK Ezhil Caroline | 50,655 · 27.8% | 23,121 (12.7 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK S. Ravi | 85,399 · 49.8% | VCK J. Gowthama Sannah | 58,230 · 34.0% | 27,169 (15.9 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK S. Ravi | 68,176 · 41.2% | DMK Rajkumar N | 64,015 · 38.7% | 4,161 (2.5 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK S. Ravi | 79,409 · 55.9% | VCK S. Sellapandian | 53,172 · 37.5% | 26,237 (18.5 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Arakkonam: mentions per week
Busiest week: 19 October (10 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
46 mentions of Arakkonam since 1 June 2026 from 6 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Arakkonam, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Ranipet district
Ranipet| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arakkonam | TVK | 12.7 | 15 |
| Sholingur | TVK | 2.4 | 1 |
| Ranipet | TVK | 2.6 | 51† |
| Arcot | ADMK | 18.9 | 5 |
† Ranipet is also the district's name: its count includes news about the whole district.
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Arakkonam
- Three youths arrested for possession of narcotic tablets in ArakkonamThe Hindu National
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.