Thanjavur Assembly constituency

Thanjavur is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have a VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu in India.

Thanjavur
Constituency No. 174 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Thanjavur
Lok Sabha constituency	Thanjavur
Established	1951
Total electors	2,90,772[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent T. K. G. Neelamegam
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
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	Party
1971	S. Natarajan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977
1980
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
2006
2011	M. Rengasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 - 2017
2019 by-election	T. K. G. Neelamegam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			53.79%
2019 by-election			46.37%
2016			54.37%
2011			50.57%
2006			50.11%
2001			50.96%
1996			65.82%
1991			58.65%
1989			53.83%
1984			49.90%
1980			50.61%
1977			41.72%
1971			55.72%
1967			53.36%
1962			50.89%
1957			51.35%
1952			20.80%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. K. G. Neelamegam	103,772	53.79%	New
	AIADMK	V. Arivudainambi	56,623	29.35%	New
	NTK	R. Subadevi	17,366	9.00%	New
	MNM	G. Sundaramohan	9,681	5.02%	New
	DMDK	Dr. P. Ramanathan	4,246	2.20%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,938	1.00%	New
Margin of victory			47,149	24.44%
Turnout			192,921	66.35%
Rejected ballots			117	0.06%
Registered electors			290,772
	DMK hold		Swing

2019 by-election

2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections: Thanjavur^[4]

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^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Rengasamy	75,415	50.57%	+9.6
	DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	68,086	45.66%	−4.46
	BJP	M. S. Ramalingam	1,901	1.27%	−0.4
	IJK	P. Rayar Victor Arokiyaraj	1,505	1.01%	New
Margin of victory			7,329	4.91%	−4.23%
Turnout			149,130	73.83%	7.56%
Registered electors			202,002
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.46%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	61,658	50.11%	−0.85
	AIADMK	M. Rengasamy	50,412	40.97%	New
	DMDK	P. Sivanesan	7,484	6.08%	New
	BJP	M. S. Ramalingam	2,057	1.67%	New
	Independent	A. Nagendran	756	0.61%	New
Margin of victory			11,246	9.14%	0.38%
Turnout			123,038	66.26%	17.38%
Registered electors			185,684
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.85%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	55,782	50.96%	−14.86
	INC	R. Rajmohan	46,192	42.20%	New
	MDMK	G. Anna	4,289	3.92%	−0.23
	Independent	V. Pandiyan	738	0.67%	New
	JD(U)	S. Paramanandam	734	0.67%	New
Margin of victory			9,590	8.76%	−28.58%
Turnout			109,460	48.88%	−16.80%
Registered electors			224,016
	DMK hold		Swing	-14.86%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	79,471	65.82%	+25.27
	AIADMK	S. D. Somasundaram	34,389	28.48%	−30.17
	MDMK	K. Veluchamy	5,012	4.15%	New
Margin of victory			45,082	37.34%	19.24%
Turnout			120,738	65.68%	4.46%
Registered electors			188,675
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	7.17%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. D. Somasundaram	64,363	58.65%	+35.89
	DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	44,502	40.55%	−13.28
Margin of victory			19,861	18.10%	−12.97%
Turnout			109,736	61.22%	−10.18%
Registered electors			183,277
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	4.82%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. N. M. Ubayadullah	60,380	53.83%	+5.76
	AIADMK	Thirugnanam Durai	25,527	22.76%	New
	INC	Durai Krishnamoorty	20,383	18.17%	−31.73
	AIADMK	K. Manivasham	4,771	4.25%	New
Margin of victory			34,853	31.07%	29.24%
Turnout			112,165	71.40%	−1.38%
Registered electors			159,359
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	3.93%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[11]

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%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Natarajan	40,880	50.61%	+8.88
	Independent	A. Ramamurthy	39,901	49.39%	New
Margin of victory			979	1.21%	−10.97%
Turnout			80,781	63.58%	−0.41%
Registered electors			128,484
	DMK hold		Swing	8.88%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Natarajan	33,418	41.72%	−14
	AIADMK	R. Saminathan	23,662	29.54%	New
	INC	T. P. Murugesan	16,584	20.71%	−23.57
	JP	V. Vaithiyalingam	6,037	7.54%	New
Margin of victory			9,756	12.18%	0.73%
Turnout			80,092	63.99%	−12.01%
Registered electors			126,647
	DMK hold		Swing	-14.00%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Natarajan	38,288	55.72%	+9.61
	INC	A. Y. Arokiasamy Nadar	30,423	44.28%	−9.09
Margin of victory			7,865	11.45%	4.20%
Turnout			68,711	76.00%	−3.98%
Registered electors			92,679
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	2.36%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Y. S. Parisutha Nadar	33,228	53.36%	+5.52
	DMK	S. Natarajan	28,717	46.12%	−4.78
	ABJS	V. S. Subramanian	324	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			4,511	7.24%	4.19%
Turnout			62,269	79.98%	−0.99%
Registered electors			79,669
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	2.47%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Karunanidhi	32,145	50.89%	New
	INC	A. Y. S. Parisutha Nadar	30,217	47.84%	−3.5
	Independent	Shanmuga Vadivel	799	1.27%	New
Margin of victory			1,928	3.05%	−20.49%
Turnout			63,161	80.97%	28.81%
Registered electors			79,718
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-0.45%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thanjavur^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Y. S. Parisutha Nadar	21,810	51.35%	+30.55
	Independent	R. Gopalakrishnan	11,809	27.80%	New
	Independent	S. Bethannu Nadar	8,858	20.85%	New
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^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. Marimuthu	27,712	20.80%	New
	CPI	S. Ramalingam	24,585	18.45%	New
	INC	R. Swaminatha Mercondar	23,332	17.51%	New
	Independent	R. Shanmugan	22,865	17.16%	New
	Independent	R. Gopalakrishnan	12,244	9.19%	New
	Independent	R. Narayanaswami	4,492	3.37%	New
	Independent	A. Lakshmana Marupathiar	4,226	3.17%	New
	Akhil Bharat Hindu Maha Sabha	S. Srinivasachari	3,195	2.40%	New
	Independent	P. Natarajan	3,080	2.31%	New
	Independent	T. K. Singarvelu	2,618	1.96%	New
	Independent	V. Govindan	2,523	1.89%	New
Margin of victory			3,127	2.35%
Turnout			133,240	89.81%
Registered electors			148,355
	INC win (new seat)