Thanjavur Lok Sabha constituency

Thanjavur is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 30 of 39.

Thanjavur
Lok Sabha constituency
Thanjavur constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Mannargudi Thiruvaiyaru Thanjavur Orathanadu Pattukkottai Peravurani
Established	1952
Total electors	14,46,226 (2014) [1]
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent S. Murasoli
Party	DMK
Elected year	2019 Election

Assembly segments

From 2009

No	Name	District	Member	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	Party
167	Mannargudi	Tiruvarur	Dr.T. R. B. Rajaa	None		DMK
173	Tiruvaiyaru	Thanjavur	Durai Chandrasekaran	None		DMK
174	Thanjavur		T. K. G. Neelamegam	None		DMK
175	Orathanad		R. Vaithilingam	None		IND
176	Pattukkottai		K. Annadurai	None		DMK
177	Peravurani		Peravurani N. Ashokkumar	None		DMK

Before 2009

Thanjavur Lok Sabha constituency was previously composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

1. Orathanad
2. Thiruvonam (defunct)
3. Thanjavur
4. Tiruvaiyaru
5. Papanasam (moved to Mayiladuthurai)
6. Valangiman (SC) (defunct)

Members of Parliament

Year	Winning Candidate	Party
1952	R. Venkataraman		Indian National Congress
1957
1957	A.Vairavan Servai
1962	V.Vairava Thevar
1967	D.S. Karthikeyan Gobalar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1971	S.D. Somasundaram Gobalar
1977			All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1979(bye)	S. Singravadivel Saluvar		Indian National Congress
1980
1984
1989
1991	K. Thulasiah Vandayar
1996	S.S. Palanimanickam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1998
1999
2004
2009
2014	K. Parasuraman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2019	S.S. Palanimanickam[3]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2024	S. Murasoli[4]		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates

2024			48.82%
2019			55.96%
2014			51.03%
2009			50.61%
2004			56.58%
1999			45.39%
1998			51.81%
1996			58.80%
1991			61.23%
1989			56.37%
1984			55.35%
1980			52.94%
1977			60.17%
1971			57.31%
1967			52.64%
1962			43.58%
1957			57.94%
1951			45.85%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Murasoli	502,245	48.82	7.14
	DMDK	Sivanesan	1,82,662	17.76	New
	BJP	M. Karuppu Muruganantham	1,70,613	16.59	New
	NTK	Humayun Kabir	1,20,293	11.69	6.19
	NOTA	None of the above	12,833	1.25	0.19
Margin of victory			3,19,583	31.06	3.91
Turnout			10,28,706	68.27	4.28
	DMK hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Thanjavur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Palanimanickam	588,978	55.96	19.34
	TMC(M)	N. R. Natarajan	2,20,849	20.98
	Independent	P. Murugesan	1,02,871	9.77
	NTK	R. P. Marutharajaa	57,924	5.50
	Independent	R. Selvaraj	28,274	2.69
	MNM	Sampath Ramadoss	23,477	2.23
	NOTA	None of the above	15,105	1.44	0.21
	BSP	R. Stalin	5,856	0.56
Margin of victory			3,68,129	34.97	20.56
Turnout			10,52,570	72.55	2.59
Registered electors			14,61,052		9.03
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	4.93

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Parasuraman	510,307	51.03%
	DMK	T. R. Baalu	3,66,188	36.62%	−13.99%
	BJP	Karuppu Muruganantham	58,521	5.85%
	INC	T. Krishnasamy Vandayar	30,232	3.02%
	CPI(M)	S. Tamilselvi	23,215	2.32%
	NOTA	None of the above	12,212	1.22%
Margin of victory			1,44,119	14.41%	1.80%
Turnout			10,00,046	75.57%	−1.92%
Registered electors			13,40,050		27.13%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.42%

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Palanimanickam	408,343	50.61%	−5.97%
	MDMK	Durai. Balakrishnan	3,06,556	37.99%
	DMDK	Dr. P. Ramanathan	63,852	7.91%
	Independent	D. Murugaraj	9,805	1.22%
	BSP	S. Saravanan	5,811	0.72%
Margin of victory			1,01,787	12.62%	−4.20%
Turnout			8,06,867	76.63%	7.79%
Registered electors			10,54,118		2.26%
	DMK hold		Swing	-5.97%

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Palanimanickam	400,986	56.58%	11.19%
	AIADMK	K. Thangamuthu	2,81,838	39.77%	−0.54%
	Independent	A. R. Shahul Hameed	10,606	1.50%
	Independent	N. Dharamalingam	5,018	0.71%
	JP	A. Venkatesan	3,947	0.56%
Margin of victory			1,19,148	16.81%	11.74%
Turnout			7,08,724	68.78%	5.70%
Registered electors			10,30,779		−1.82%
	DMK hold		Swing	11.19%

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Palanimanickam	295,191	45.39%	−6.42%
	AIADMK	K. Thangamuthu	2,62,177	40.31%
	TMC(M)	Pl. A. Chidambaram	69,025	10.61%
	Independent	J. Jeyabalan	12,239	1.88%
	AIFB	Dr. A. Srinivasan	10,704	1.65%
Margin of victory			33,014	5.08%	−2.62%
Turnout			6,50,394	63.06%	−9.34%
Registered electors			10,49,837		3.57%
	DMK hold		Swing	-13.41%

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Palanimanickam	324,344	51.81%	−6.99%
	MDMK	L. Ganesan	2,76,140	44.11%
	INC	Mathiyalagan	23,109	3.69%	−24.89%
Margin of victory			48,204	7.70%	−22.52%
Turnout			6,26,080	63.71%	−8.69%
Registered electors			10,13,609		4.71%
	DMK hold		Swing	-6.99%

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. S. Palanimanickam	390,010	58.80%	23.55%
	INC	K. Thulasiah Vandayar	1,89,582	28.58%	−32.65%
	JD	Thanjai A. Ramamurthi	40,259	6.07%
	Independent	K. Sozhamannar Kanakaraja	10,948	1.65%
	Independent	K. Shanmugavel	7,821	1.18%
	PMK	K. M. Jackiria	7,120	1.07%	−0.44%
	BJP	S. Arunachalam	6,015	0.91%
Margin of victory			2,00,428	30.22%	4.23%
Turnout			6,63,321	72.40%	2.28%
Registered electors			9,68,000		5.30%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	-2.43%

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Thulasiah Vandayar	381,932	61.23%	4.86%
	DMK	S. Palanimanickam	2,19,862	35.25%	−6.40%
	PMK	H. Shahul Hameed	9,454	1.52%	0.36%
	THMM	P. Soundararajan	3,403	0.55%
	Independent	T. S. Lakshmanan	2,799	0.45%
Margin of victory			1,62,070	25.98%	11.26%
Turnout			6,23,774	70.12%	−2.43%
Registered electors			9,19,274		−0.13%
	INC hold		Swing	4.86%

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Singaravadivel	371,967	56.37%	1.02%
	DMK	S. S. Palanimanickam	2,74,820	41.64%	2.43%
	PMK	Kesavan Kothai	7,617	1.15%
Margin of victory			97,147	14.72%	−1.42%
Turnout			6,59,912	72.55%	−6.91%
Registered electors			9,20,496		26.89%
	INC hold		Swing	1.02%

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Singaravadivel	306,351	55.35%
	DMK	S. Palanimanickam	2,17,030	39.21%
	INC(J)	M. Subramanian	30,089	5.44%
Margin of victory			89,321	16.14%	7.35%
Turnout			5,53,470	79.47%	1.87%
Registered electors			7,25,425		9.81%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	2.41%

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	S. Singaravadivel	268,382	52.94%
	AIADMK	K. Thangamuthu	2,23,843	44.15%	−16.02%
	Independent	K. Ambalapattu Subbaiyan	8,867	1.75%
	INC(U)	A. Sethumadhavan	4,359	0.86%
Margin of victory			44,539	8.79%	−11.56%
Turnout			5,06,949	77.60%	0.15%
Registered electors			6,60,633		4.36%
	INC(I) gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.23%

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. D. Somasundaram	289,059	60.17%
	DMK	L. Ganesan	1,91,316	39.83%	−17.48%
Margin of victory			97,743	20.35%	−0.96%
Turnout			4,80,375	77.45%	−3.94%
Registered electors			6,33,005		6.13%
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.87%

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. D. Somasundaram	268,980	57.31%	4.67%
	INC(O)	R. Krishnasamy Gopalar	1,68,972	36.00%
	Independent	K. M. Veeramuthu	25,425	5.42%
	Independent	M. Selvam Chettiar	6,002	1.28%
Margin of victory			1,00,008	21.31%	16.04%
Turnout			4,69,379	81.39%	−3.07%
Registered electors			5,96,459		14.39%
	DMK hold		Swing	4.67%

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	D. S. Gopalar	225,414	52.64%
	INC	R. Venkataraman	2,02,840	47.36%	3.78%
Margin of victory			22,574	5.27%	−3.27%
Turnout			4,28,254	84.46%	9.21%
Registered electors			5,21,430		15.06%
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	9.06%

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. Vairava Thevar	143,185	43.58%	−14.36%
	PSP	Vallatharasu	1,15,112	35.04%
	SWA	S. Swayamprakasam	70,259	21.38%
Margin of victory			28,073	8.54%	−7.34%
Turnout			3,28,556	75.25%	20.31%
Registered electors			4,53,163		6.60%
	INC hold		Swing	-14.36%

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	135,310	57.94%	12.09%
	PSP	K. M. Vallatharasu	98,222	42.06%
	Independent	D. Arumuga Palangoundar	0	0.00%
Margin of victory			37,088	15.88%	13.40%
Turnout			2,33,532	54.94%	0.12%
Registered electors			4,25,088		15.52%
	INC hold		Swing	12.09%

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Thanjavur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ramaswamy Venkataraman	92,483	45.85%	45.85%
	Independent	R. Srinivasa Sarma	87,476	43.36%
	Independent	D. D. Dasan	21,765	10.79%
Margin of victory			5,007	2.48%
Turnout			2,01,724	54.82%
Registered electors			3,67,963		0.00%
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Thanjavur
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha