Thanjavur (state assembly constituency)

Thanjavur
Thanjavur
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
LS constituency	Thanjavur
Established	1952
Total electors	2,90,772
Reservation	General
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	T. K. G. Neelamegam
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Last updated March 02, 2022

Thanjavur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[2]

Madras State

Year	Winner
1952	M. Marimuthu and S. Ramalingam	Indian National Congress and Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1957	A. Y. S. Parisutha Nadar	Indian National Congress
1962	M. Karunanidhi	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1967	A. Y. S. Parisutha Nadar	Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner
1971	S. Natarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. Natarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	S. Natarajan	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	Durai Krishnamurthy	Indian National Congress
1989	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	S. D. Somasundaram	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	M. Rengasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 - 2017	M. Rangaswamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019-By election	T. K. G. Neelamegam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	T. K. G. Neelamegam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur
Party		Candidate	Votes
	DMK	T. K. G. Neelamegam	1,03,772
	AIADMK	Arivudainambi	56,623
	NTK	Subhadevi	17,366
	Makkal Neethi Maiyam	Sundaramohan	9,681
Majority
Turnout
	DMK gain from		Swing

2019 By-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections : Thanjavur^[3]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	DMK	T. K. G. Neelamegam	88,972	46.37
	AIADMK	R. Gandhi	54,992	28.66
	AMMK	M. Rangaswamy	20,006	10.43
	NTK	M. Karthi	11,182	5.83
	MNM	P. Duraisamy	9,345	4.87
	NOTA	None of the Above	2,797	1.54
Majority			33,980	17.71
Turnout			1,91,871	69.16
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	M. Rangaswamy	1,01,362	54.37
	DMK	Anjugam Boopathy	74,488	39.95
	BJP	Ramalingam M S	3,806	2.04
	NOTA	None of the above	2,295	1.23
	DMDK	Abdullah Sait V	1,534	0.82
Majority			26,874	14.41
Turnout			1,86,444	69.37
	AIADMK hold		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	AIADMK	M. Rangaswamy	75,415	50.57
	DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	68,086	45.66
	BJP	Ramalingam M S	1,901	1.27
	IJK	P Rayar Victor Arokiyaraj	1,505	1.01
	IND	K Muthukumaran	712	0.48
Majority			7,329	4.91
Turnout			1,49,517	74.02
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Thanjavur^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Y. S. Parisutha Nadar	21,810	51.35%	30.55%
	Independent	R. Gopalakrishnan	11,809	27.80%
	DMK	S. Bethannan	8,858	20.85%
Margin of victory			10,001	23.54%	21.20%
Turnout			42,477	52.16%	-37.65%
Registered electors			81,430
	INC hold		Swing	30.55%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Thanjavur^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Marimuthu	27,712	20.80%	20.80%
	CPI	S. Ramalingam	24,585	18.45%
	INC	R. Swaminatha Mercondar	23,332	17.51%	17.51%
	Independent	R. Shanmugan	22,865	17.16%
	Independent	R. Gopalakrishnan	12,244	9.19%
	Independent	R. Narayanaswami	4,492	3.37%
	Independent	A. Lakshmana Marupathiar	4,226	3.17%
	ABHM	S. Srinivasachari	3,195	2.40%
	Independent	P. Natarajan	3,080	2.31%
	Independent	T. K. Singarvelu	2,618	1.96%
	Independent	V. Govindan	2,523	1.89%
Margin of victory			3,127	2.35%
Turnout			1,33,240	89.81%
Registered electors			1,48,355
	INC win (new seat)

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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.

[2] "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 14 December 2018.

[3] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022.

[4] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[5] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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