Durai Krishnamurthy

Durai Krishnamurthy is an Indian politician and former member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Hailing from Keezhavasal in the Thanjavur district, Krishnamurthy completed his school education at Thanjavur. A member of the Indian National Congress party, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly in the 1984 Tamil Nadu state elections, representing the Thanjavur Assembly constituency.^[1][2]

Durai Krishnamurthy துரை கிருஷ்ணமூர்த்தி
Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 1985–1989
Preceded by	S. Natarajan
Succeeded by	S. N. M. Ubayadullah
Constituency	Thanjavur
Personal details
Born	(1954-11-04)4 November 1954 Thanjavur
Nationality	India
Political party	Indian National Congress
Profession	Agriculturist

Electoral Performance

1984

This section is transcluded from Thanjavur Assembly constituency. (edit | history)

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Durai Krishnamurthy	48,065	49.90%	New
	DMK	P. S. Thangamuthu Nattar	46,304	48.08%	−2.53
	INC(J)	M. K. Gadhadaran	1,327	1.38%	New
	Independent	T. A. Bakthavachalam	618	0.64%	New
Margin of victory			1,761	1.83%	0.62%
Turnout			96,314	72.78%	9.20%
Registered electors			135,351
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	-0.70%