{\"time\":1616054847423,\"strCount\":1609,\"blocks\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The Assembly constituency is\\ncurrently held by All India Anna Dravida\\nMunnetra 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.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Also read: Tamil Nadu polls: Thiru Vi Ka Nagar constituency picked a DMK candidate in 2016\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The Arani\\nLok Sabha constituency is currently held by MK\\nVishnu Prasad of Congress, who defeated V Ezhumalai of AIADMK.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Also read: Tamil Nadu polls: Villivakkam constituency picked a DMK candidate in 2016\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The Arani Assembly constituency is an unreserved\\nseat. In the 2016 Assembly polls, AIADMK’s Ramachandran S defeated DMK’s Babu S\\nby 7,327 votes. \"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Here are a few details about\\nthe Arani\\nAssembly seat\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Name of the assembly\\nconstituency, district: Arani, Tiruvannamalai district\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Lok Sabha constituency: Arani\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Polling date: April 6\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"2016 candidates: Ramachandran S (AIADMK), Babu S (DMK)\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"2021 candidates: NA\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Sitting MLA, party: Ramachandran S (AIADMK)\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Winning margin in 2016: 7,327 votes\\n(3.50%)\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Runner up name, party: Babu S (DMK)\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Number of voters in 2016: 209,811\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Percentage of votes polled\\nin 2016: 81.85%\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Number of women voters in\\n2016: 105,466\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Number of polling booths in\\n2016: 310\"}}]}

#Arani

Tamil Nadu polls: Arani constituency picked AIADMK's candidate in 2016

Ramachandran S of AIADMK is the MLA from Arani He defeated Babu S of DMK The seat falls under the Arani Lok Sabha constituency

Ramachandran S of AIADMK is the MLA from Arani

He defeated Babu S of DMK

The seat falls under the Arani Lok Sabha constituency