Arantangi is a

constituency An electoral (congressional, legislative, etc.) district, sometimes called a constituency, riding, or ward, is a geographical portion of a political unit, such as a country, state or province, city, or administrative region, created to provi ...

in the

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

legislative assembly, that includes the city of

Aranthangi Aranthangi is a town in Pudukkottai district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. As of 2011, it had a population of 40,814. Geography The town lies 10 degrees north in latitude and 70 degrees east in longitude and lies 32.31 m above mean sea l ...

Pudukkottai district Pudukkottai District is one of the List of districts of Tamil Nadu, 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Pudukkottai is the district headquarters. It is also known colloquially as ''Pudhugai.'' The city is also known ...

. It is a part of

Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency Ramanathapuram Lok Sabha constituency () is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India. The constituency is roughly coterminous with the eponymous district. Assembly segments After 2008 Raman ...

. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Tamil Nadu

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, gave his seat up to his mentor Anbarasan, who defeated

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resigned to be an MP for

Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency Pudukkottai was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. After delimitation in 2009, it is now a defunct constituency. Assembly segments Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: #Pattukkottai (moved to ...

*Anbarasan died in July 2000 leaving the seat vacant, next election was held in the next general election.

Election results

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Footnotes

References

* {{Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu Pudukkottai district Politics of Tamil Nadu Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in Madras State