Constituency
405. Thanjavur
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2009
IN-THANJAVUR
DMK 50.6%won by 12.6%MDMK 38.0%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.8% to 12.6%.
Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) finished second with 38.0% — it did not contest here in 2004.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.5% between them, down from 96.3% — the field split more ways.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 7.9% to 76.6%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,54,118
Turnout
76.6%
Valid votes
8,07,776
Margin
1,01,787
12.60%
Candidates
13 contested · winner DMK- 1PALANIMANICKAM.S.SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK4,08,34350.6%
- 2DURAI.BALAKRISHNANMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK3,06,55638.0%
- 3RAMANATHAN.P.DRDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam · DMDK63,8527.9%
- 4MURUGARAJ.DIndependent · IND9,8051.2%
- 5SARAVANAN.SBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,8110.7%
- 6VIJAYALAKSHMI.SIndependent · IND4,1960.5%
- 7RAJAMANI.KIndependent · IND2,8120.3%
- 8VEERAMANI.SSamajwadi Party · SP1,6500.2%
- 9PRASANNA.SIndependent · IND1,2470.2%
- 10SIVAKUMAR.SIndependent · IND1,2220.2%
- 11BALU (A) BALANIndependent · IND8190.1%
- 12SOZHAMANNAR KANAKARAJA.KIndependent · IND7420.1%
- 13KARTHIKEYAN.KIndependent · IND7210.1%
Since 2004
DerivedConstituency boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009. Matched by name — treat this comparison as indicative only.
- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–MDMK swing
- −44.0%
- DMK share
- 56.6% → 50.6%
- MDMK share
- 0.0% → 38.0%
- Turnout
- 68.8% → 76.6%