The Assembly constituency is
currently held by All India Anna Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) MLA Ramachandran S who defeated Babu S of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) in 2016. The seat, one of Tamil Nadu’s 234 assembly constituencies, falls under the Arani Lok Sabha constituency.

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The Arani
Lok Sabha constituency is currently held by MK
Vishnu Prasad of Congress, who defeated V Ezhumalai of AIADMK.

Also read: Tamil Nadu polls: Villivakkam constituency picked a DMK candidate in 2016

The Arani Assembly constituency is an unreserved
seat. In the 2016 Assembly polls, AIADMK’s Ramachandran S defeated DMK’s Babu S
by 7,327 votes.

Here are a few details about
the Arani
Assembly seat

Name of the assembly
constituency, district: Arani, Tiruvannamalai district

Lok Sabha constituency: Arani

Polling date: April 6

2016 candidates: Ramachandran S (AIADMK), Babu S (DMK)

2021 candidates: NA

Sitting MLA, party: Ramachandran S (AIADMK)

Winning margin in 2016: 7,327 votes
(3.50%)

Runner up name, party: Babu S (DMK)

Number of voters in 2016: 209,811

Percentage of votes polled
in 2016: 81.85%

Number of women voters in
2016: 105,466

Number of polling booths in
2016: 310