Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021, Arani profile: AIADMK's Sevvoor S Ramachandran currently represents seat

Arani Assembly Election: Arani is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Tiruvannamalai district of Tamil Nadu. It falls under the Arani Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the Arani constituency had a total of 2,56,327 registered voters.

Voter turnout in previous election

The voter turnout in Arani in the previous Assembly election was 81.75 percent.

Past election results and winners

In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, Sevvoor S Ramachandran of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the Arani seat. He won 94,074 votes, as against 86,747 votes won by his main rival S Babu of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). In the 2011 election, RM Babu Murugavel of the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam had won the Arani seat by defeating R Sivanandam of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). The Arani Assembly constituency is expected to go to polls in April or May 2021, as part of the Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021. The Tamil Nadu Assembly polls will be held to elect a total of 234 Members of Legislative Assembly (MLAs).

Election date and timing

The Tamil Nadu Assembly polls will be held on  6 April 2021 , along with Kerala and Puducherry. The day will also see phase three polls in Assam and West Bengal. 92,000 polling booths will be there for the assembly polls. The counting of the votes is scheduled for 2 May. The official notification of the Assembly polls in the state is scheduled for 12 March. The nomination of candidates will be accepted from then till 19 March. The scrutiny of nominations will be done on 20 March and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is 22 March. The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has a total number of 234 seats, of which 45 are reserved constituencies (42 SC constituencies and 3 ST Constituencies). The current term of the Assembly ends on 24 May 2021.