Mayiladuthurai is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 28 of 39. It spreads on two districts, Mayiladuthurai and Thanjavur.
History Mayiladuthurai (Lok Sabha constituency) has six assembly constituencies – Mayiladuthurai, Sirkali (SC), Poompuhar, Thiruvidaimarudur (SC), Kumbakonam and Papanasam.
The constituency was constituted during the third Lok Sabha (lower house) as Mayuram until the 1980 elections, when it was renamed Mayiladuthurai. During the first elections in 1957, Mayiladuthurai was part of Chidambaram constituency and was held by the Indian National Congress party. From 1962, the Mayiladuthurai parliament seat was held by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) twice between 1967 and 1971, and from 1971 to 1977, Tamil Maanila Congress for two terms between 1998 and 1999, and 1996 to 1998, Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam twice during 2009 and 2014, Indian National Congress for eight terms during 1962–67, 1977–80, 1980–84, 1984–89, 1989–91, 1991–96, 1999–2004, and 2004–09.
Popular Communist leader K. Ananda Nambiar represented Mayiladuthurai in the Lok Sabha from 1951 to 1957. Mani Shankar Aiyar who served as a minister in India's cabinet was elected to the Parliament from the Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha constituency in the 1991, 1999 and 2004 elections. in 2014, the Member of Parliament from the constituency was R.K. Bharathi Mohan of the AIADMK party.
The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is Sudha Ramakrishnan of the Indian National CongressIndian National Congress party.
Assembly segments
2009–present
Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictParty2024 Lead160SirkazhiSCMayiladuthurai161 MayiladuthuraiNone162PoompuharNone170ThiruvidaimarudurSCThanjavur171 KumbakonamNone172 PapanasamNone
Before 2009
Sirkazhi (SC) Poompuhar Kuttalam (defunct) Kumbakonam Thiruvidaimarudur Mayiladuthurai
Members of Parliament DurationWinnerParty 1952 K. Ananda Nambiar & V Veeraswamy 1962 Maragatham Chandrasekar 1967 K. Subravelu 1971 1977 N. Kudanthai Ramalingam 1980 1984E.S.M. Packeer Mohamed19891991Mani Shankar Aiyar1996P. V. Rajendran1998K. Krishnamoorthy1999Mani Shankar Aiyar20042009O. S. Manian2014R. K. Bharathi Mohan2019S. Ramalingam2024Sudha Ramakrishnan
Election results
General Elections 2024
General Elections 2019
General Elections 2014
General Elections 2009
General Elections 2004
General Elections 1999
General Elections 1998
General Elections 1996
General Elections 1991
General Elections 1989
General Elections 1984
General Elections 1980
General Elections 1977
General Elections 1971
General Elections 1967
General Elections 1962
General Elections 1951
See also Mayiladuthurai Kumbakonam List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
References
External links Mayiladuthurai lok sabha constituency election 2019 date and schedule