J. L. Eswarappan
# J. L. Eswarappan

J. L. Eswarappan is an Indian politician who is a Member of Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected from Arcot as an Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2016 and 2021. he was elected as arcot municipality chairman in 2006, He holds the position of the DMK youth Wing district Secretary

## Electoral performance

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | DMK | J. L. Eswarappan | 103,885 | 50.06% | +8.67 |
| | PMK | K. L. Elavazagan | 83,927 | 40.44% | +23.21 |
| | NTK | R. Kathiravan | 12,088 | 5.82% | New |
| | MNM | A. R. Mohamed Raffi | 2,860 | 1.38% | New |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 2,253 | 1.09% | +0.1 |
| | AMMK | N. Janarthanan | 2,190 | 1.06% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 19,958 | 9.62% | 4.16% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 207,538 | 79.07% | -3.33% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 265 | 0.13% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 262,476 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 8.67% | |

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Arcot :

| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | DMK | J. L. Eswarappan | 84,182 | 41.39% | New |
| | AIADMK | K. V. Ramadoss | 73,091 | 35.94% | -17.17 |
| | PMK | G. Karikalan | 35,043 | 17.23% | -24.91 |
| | MDMK | P. N. Udhayakumar | 5,387 | 2.65% | New |
| | BJP | D. Arulraman | 2,648 | 1.30% | +0.14 |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 2,004 | 0.99% | New |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,091 | 5.45% | -5.51% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 203,392 | 82.40% | -0.80% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 246,835 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -11.72% | |
