| Constituency No: | 42 |
| District: | Ranipet |
| Loksabha Cons: | Arakkonam |
| State: | Tamil Nadu |
| Mla: | J. L. Eswarappan |
| Latest Election Year: | 2021 |
| Arcot | |
| Type: | SLA |
| Electors: | 2,62,476[1] |
| Reservation: | None |
Arcot is a constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city, Arcot. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 42. It is part of the Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency.Most successful party: DMK (7 times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | S. Panchaksharam Chettiar | ||
| 1957 | S. Kader Sheriff | ||
| 1962 | Munirathinam | ||
| 1967 | Arcot N. Veeraswami | ||
| Assembly | Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fifth | 1971 | Arcot N. Veeraswami | ||
| Sixth | 1977 | K. J. Uyyakondan | ||
| Seventh | 1980 | A. M. Sethuraman | ||
| Eighth | 1984 | T. Palani | ||
| Ninth | 1989 | T. R. Gajapathy | ||
| Tenth | 1991 | G. Viswanathan | ||
| Eleventh | 1996 | P. N. Subramani | ||
| Twelfth | 2001 | P. Neelakandan | ||
| Thirteenth | 2006 | K. L. Elavazhagan | ||
| Fourteenth | 2011 | V.K.R. Srinivasan | ||
| Fifteenth | 2016 | J. L. Eswarappan[2] | ||
| Sixteenth | 2021 | |||