GEN · Tamil Nadu
Arani
Krishnasswamy M (INC) won by 1,06,830 votes (12.7%).
- Electors
- 10,97,865
- Votes polled
- 8,43,076
- Valid votes
- 8,41,169
- Turnout
- 76.8%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 2009-04-16
Margin vs 2009 national median: 12.7% (median 7.0%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 2009 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Comfortable (10–20%)Flipped vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 18.5%(-2.0%)
- Turnout
- 76.2%(-5.0%)
- NOTA
- 0.8%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 70.0%
Winning margin over time · Arani
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Krishnasswamy MWinner | INC | 3,96,728 | 47.2% |
| 2 | Subramaniyan N | ADMK | 2,89,898 | 34.5% |
| 3 | Mohanam Ra | DMDK | 1,05,729 | 12.6% |
| 4 | Velaudham M | IND | 14,919 | 1.8% |
| 5 | Shankar A | BSP | 9,700 | 1.2% |
| 6 | Saravanakumar K | PNK | 6,022 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Hariraj T.V | SP | 5,178 | 0.6% |
| 8 | Lokesh G | IND | 4,934 | 0.6% |
| 9 | Murugan V | IND | 2,770 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Shanmugam S | IND | 1,793 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Durairaj M | IND | 1,252 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Subramani P | IND | 1,163 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Subramani G | IND | 1,118 | 0.1% |
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