Arakkonam Lok Sabha Constituency - 2014 Election

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Candidate Name	Candidate Party	Party Symbol
Tiruttani K Hari	AIADMK
Nesey Rajsh	Congress
S. Rajesh	Aam Aadmi Party
Velu. R.	PMK
N.R. Elengo	DMK

                                                                                                                                                             

ELANGO, N.R

 N.R. Elango, well-known Madras High Court advocate, who had taken up cases for many senior DMK leaders.

Party:DMK

S/o|D/o|W/o: Late R.N. Renganathan

Age: 47

Address: No.J 893,18th street, Vaigai colony, Anna nagar, chennai-600040

Name Enrolled as Voter in: Villivakam (Tamil Nadu) constituency , at Serial no 324 in Part no 84

Self Profession:Practicing senior Advocate at High courts & SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Spouse Profession:Practicing Advocate at HIGH COURTS AND SUPREME COURTS AT TAMIL NADU

HARI G

ARAKKONAM (TAMIL NADU)

Party:AIADMK

S/o|D/o|W/o: S.K Govindasamy

Age: 53

Address: No.1, Murugapa nagar, 1st street, Thiruthani town, Thiruvallur

Name Enrolled as Voter in: Thiruthani (Tamil Nadu) constituency , at Serial no 742 in Part no 274

Self Profession:Lawyer
Spouse Profession:House Wife

VELU, V.

ARAKKONAM (TAMIL NADU)

Party:IND

S/o|D/o|W/o: MR VELLAIKAN

Age: 47

Address: NO 65, ESAYANOOR, SHOLINGUR, WALLAJHA TALUK, VELLORE DISTRICT

Name Enrolled as Voter in: SHOLIGNUR (Tamil Nadu) constituency , at Serial no 135 in Part no 8

Self Profession:LABOURER
Spouse Profession:HOUSE WIFE

RAJESH, S.

ARAKKONAM (TAMIL NADU)

Party:AAP

S/o|D/o|W/o: Soundarajan

Age: 28

Address: #27 karruvetan street valajapettai vellore district

Name Enrolled as Voter in: Ranipattai (Tamil Nadu) constituency , at Serial no 864 in Part no 204

Self Profession:Business & Social Service
S. Rajesh's Profile

28 years-old Rajesh is a social activist and a graduate in B.C.A and pursuing Masters in Business Administrations. He has worked for 5 years with Financial Industry.

Professional / Political Profile

As a social activist he has worked closes with Slum related issues, bonded labours & ANIT Liquor.

Rajesh is involved with
•  Janlokpal
•  People's Federation
•  NAPM
•  Unorganized Workers Federation & Anti-Sri Lankan 2013 Protest in Chennai

RAJESH, R

ARAKKONAM (TAMIL NADU)

Party:INC

S/o|D/o|W/o: J Ramachandran

Age: 34

Address: No.23 Ambetkar Street Saligramam Chennai-600093

Name Enrolled as Voter in: Virugambakkam (Tamil Nadu) constituency , at Serial no 198 in Part no 70

Self Profession:Business
Spouse Profession:Asst professor

About Arakkonam

One of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu, the constituency of Arakkonam was formed in 1977 and currently comprises of six Vidhan Sabha segments and 1,098,607 voters. 1,098,607 is the total electorate count in the Arakkonam Lok Sabha Constituency (constituency number 7). Out of these 549,749 number of electorates are males and the remaining 548,858 are belong to the female category as the Election commission of India 2009 reports suggest. The city of Arakkonam is located in the Vellore District about 70 km from Chennai. As per 2011 census, it has a total population of over 78,000 of which about 38,600 are males and about 39,200 are females. It has a sex ratio of 989 females per 1000 males and a child population of 8,218. Tamil and English are the commonly used languages. 

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK Supremo J Jayalalithaa addresses a rally in Arakkonam of Tamil Nadu on April 8, 2014.

Arakkonam constituency is spread over the eastern half of Vellore district. The population is dominated by Vanniyars and Dalits. Muslims and Telugu speaking communities also have sizable presence. DMK has fielded Advocate N.R. Ilango who is also son of former MLA N.R. Ranganathan. ADMK has fielded ex-MLA Tiruttani Hari, while ex- central minister A.V. Velu of PMK is contesting on behalf of NDA. ThanthiTV results showed a huge lead for ADMK with 47.2%, DMK 28.4%, NDA 21.6%. However Kumudam results are much closer giving ADMK 38.89%, DMK 31.34%, NDA 23.36%. The field work of Velu has been impressive and he has harnessed well the support of DMDK party workers too. Arun Subramaniyan factor will play out in Tiruttani segment. DMK has usually been strong in Katpadi, Ranipet and Arcot segments and will do well this time as well. How much will Duraimurugan's personal disappointment affect the chances of DMK remains to be seen. Tirutani Hari is a known face in ADMK and not much factionalism observed in their field work. Velu needs Modi factor to work to his advantage to make deep cuts into ADMK vote share – however how much of it will realize remains to be seen. 

CAMPAIGNING STRATEGIES

Candidates raise their pitch to seek support

·       Cycle and two-wheeler rallies marked the campaigning by the candidates of the various political parties in the Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituencies on the last day of campaigning for the May 13 general elections.

·       A cycle and two-wheeler rally was organised by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam to canvass support for the Arakkonam DMK candidate S. Jagathrakshakan in Walajapet .

·       The candidate went in an open jeep with folded hands, accompanied by Ranipet MLA R. Gandhi behind the campaigning cyclists and two-wheeler riders, and symbolically seeks the support of the passers-by.

·       Pattali Makkal Katchi candidate for Arakkonam and former Union Minister of State for Railways R. Velu campaigned in Tiruttani, Kaveripakkam (in Sholinghur Assembly segment) and Walajapet (in Ranipet segment) before closing the campaign in Arcot.

·       A visit to the various Assembly segments in the two constituencies revealed that the campaigning was confined to auto rickshaw campaigning by party workers in support of the various candidates in the afternoon in view of the intense heat.

·       After three p.m., the various candidates took to their campaign jeeps again and went to areas uncovered during the earlier part of the campaign period and sought the support of the voters.

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

·       Cycle rallies were taken out in different parts of the constituency in support of the candidate.

Bharatiya Janata Party

·       Bharatiya Janata Party candidate, went in an open jeep and campaigned in Arakkonam . Going ahead of his jeep was an auto-rickshaw in which party workers during the closing hour of campaign were seeking votes for the candidate "to control the prices, nationalise the rivers, eliminate power cuts, ensure uninterrupted supply of cooking gas, crush terrorism, and retrieve the black money of Indians in the Swiss banks".

·       An Independent candidate, M.P. Natarajan was seen addressing empty chairs and a thin audience comprising children on Fort Round Road during the closing hour.