Papanasam is a state assembly constituency in Thanjavur district in Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

YearWinnerParty
1952SwayamprakasamIndependent
1957G. Venkatachala Nattar and R. SubramaniamIndian National Congress
1962R. Subramanian
1967R. Soundararaja Moopanar

Tamil Nadu

YearWinnerParty
1971N. GanapathyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977R. V. SoundararajanIndian National Congress
1980S. RajaramanIndian National Congress (I)
1984Indian National Congress
1989G. Karuppiah Moopanar
1991S. Rajaraman
1996M. RamkumarTamil Maanila Congress
2001
2006R. DoraikkannuAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011
2016
2021M. H. JawahirullahManithaneya Makkal Katchi

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
202144.22%
201645.26%
201153.47%
200648.73%
200150.37%
199656.60%
199156.14%
198938.89%
198458.52%
198050.30%
197733.40%
197156.21%
196756.57%
196253.42%
195729.69%
195245.15%

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IUMLA. M. Shahjahan
AIADMK+D. Shanmugaprabu
NTKAnees Fathima Hamsath
TVKU. AzarudeenNew
NOTANOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors254,652
gain fromSwing

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
MNMKDr. M. H. Jawahirullah86,56744.22%New
AIADMKK. Gopinathan70,29435.90%−9.35
AMMKM. Rengasamy19,77810.10%New
NTKN. Krishnakumar14,7247.52%+5.4
MNMK. Shantha2,0321.04%New
NOTANOTA1,2040.61%−0.43
Margin of victory16,2738.31%−5.04%
Turnout195,77875.14%−0.80%
Rejected ballots1150.06%
Registered electors260,538
MNMK gain from AIADMKSwing-1.04%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKR. Doraikkannu82,61445.26%−8.21
INCT. R. Loganathan58,24931.91%−10.32
TMC(M)S. D. Jayakumar18,59910.19%New
PMKG. Alayamani4,9632.72%New
NTKM. I. Humayun Kabir3,8642.12%New
SDPIA. Mohammed Farook3,0431.67%New
IndependentS. Chandrakasan2,8961.59%New
BJPNeithalur T. Gunasekaran2,1581.18%+0.19
NOTANOTA1,9111.05%New
IndependentS. Jagadeesh Kumar1,0270.56%New
Margin of victory24,36513.35%2.10%
Turnout182,54875.95%−4.86%
Registered electors240,357
AIADMK holdSwing-8.21%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKR. Doraikkannu85,63553.47%+4.74
INCM. Ramkumar67,62842.22%−0.82
BJPT. Mahendren1,5961.00%−0.3
IndependentP. A. Mohamed Gani1,2310.77%New
ABHMK. Samba Vaidyanathan1,1740.73%New
BSPR. Thirumeni1,0820.68%−0.28
Margin of victory18,00711.24%5.56%
Turnout160,16280.81%4.42%
Registered electors198,200
AIADMK holdSwing4.74%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMKR. Doraikkannu60,02748.73%New
INCM. Ramkumar53,02643.05%New
DMDKN. Maruthaiyan4,4433.61%New
BJPR. Vasudevan1,5941.29%New
BSPR. Sangeetha1,1740.95%New
AIFBA. M. Mohan1,1450.93%New
IndependentP. Annadurai8970.73%New
SPA. Durai Burhanudeen8740.71%New
Margin of victory7,0015.68%−0.30%
Turnout123,18076.39%9.10%
Registered electors161,259
AIADMK gain from TMC(M)Swing-1.64%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TMC(M)M. Ramkumar55,83050.37%New
DMKS. Kalyana Sundaram49,19844.38%New
MDMKN. Sambath2,4802.24%−2.93
IndependentA. Abdullah1,5081.36%New
IndependentR. Senthamarai1,3291.20%New
Margin of victory6,6325.98%−30.95%
Turnout110,84467.29%−4.09%
Registered electors164,795
TMC(M) holdSwing-6.23%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
TMC(M)N.Karuppana Udayar58,75756.60%New
IndependentR. Thirunavukkarasu20,41519.67%New
PMKA. M. Mohan8,3268.02%New
MDMKK. Arumugham5,3675.17%New
IndependentR. Varatharajan4,5954.43%New
IndependentT. M. Mani4,1504.00%New
IndependentN. Palanichamy8060.78%New
Margin of victory38,34236.93%14.33%
Turnout103,81071.38%1.07%
Registered electors155,985
TMC(M) gain from INCSwing0.46%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCS. Rajaraman54,44556.14%+17.25
DMKS. Kalyana Sundaram32,52033.53%−4.19
PMKK. Gondindaraju6,2796.47%New
IndependentN. Kalimuthu1,9001.96%New
BJPR. Sundaramoorthy1,4971.54%New
Margin of victory21,92522.61%21.44%
Turnout96,98770.30%−3.79%
Registered electors142,902
INC holdSwing17.25%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCG. Karuppiah Moopanar36,27838.89%−19.64
DMKS. Kalyanasundaram35,18637.72%−1.44
AIADMKA. Raj Mohammed12,86813.79%New
AIADMKValampuri John8,3028.90%New
Margin of victory1,0921.17%−18.20%
Turnout93,29074.09%−6.36%
Registered electors128,105
INC holdSwing-19.64%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCS. Rajaraman52,20258.52%+8.22
DMKS. Sachidhanandam34,92439.15%New
INC(J)V. S. Palanisami1,3411.50%New
IndependentA. R. Marimuthu7310.82%New
Margin of victory17,27819.37%15.26%
Turnout89,19880.45%12.27%
Registered electors114,852
INC holdSwing8.22%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCS. Rajaraman36,10150.30%+16.9
AIADMKGovi. Narayanaswamy33,15246.19%New
IndependentR. V. Soundararajan8311.16%New
IndependentD. Nagaraja Moopanar6980.97%New
JPV. Sakkarai Alias Gnana Prakasam5600.78%New
Margin of victory2,9494.11%1.91%
Turnout71,76668.18%−3.72%
Registered electors106,374
INC holdSwing16.90%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCR. V. Soundararajan24,90433.40%−10.38
DMKS. Sachidhanandam23,26831.21%−25
IndependentP. K. E. Abdullah20,71427.78%New
JPT. A. Jayaraman4,7696.40%New
IndependentS. Sevu Panickar8981.20%New
Margin of victory1,6362.19%−10.23%
Turnout74,55371.90%−8.76%
Registered electors105,384
INC gain from DMKSwing-22.81%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMKN. Ganapathy43,49756.21%New
INCV. Ramakrishnan33,88443.79%−12.78
Margin of victory9,61312.42%−1.60%
Turnout77,38180.66%−1.42%
Registered electors98,563
DMK gain from INCSwing-0.36%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCR. S. Mooppanar41,32356.57%+3.15
IndependentA. M. Sali31,07742.54%New
IndependentK. J. A. Samath6470.89%New
Margin of victory10,24614.03%7.19%
Turnout73,04782.08%7.86%
Registered electors92,870
INC holdSwing3.15%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCR. Subramanian33,14453.42%+23.72
DMKN. Somasundram28,90446.58%New
Margin of victory4,2406.83%1.16%
Turnout62,04874.22%−7.44%
Registered electors86,481
INC holdSwing23.72%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCVenkitachala Nattar38,97129.69%−10.34%
INCR. Subramaniam (SC)31,53124.02%−16.01%
IndependentHaritharanathan17,19513.10%
IndependentTajudeen11,0848.44%
IndependentSami Ayya Pasumpadiyar9,3647.13%
IndependentSrinivasan Pillli7,7885.93%
IndependentPattammal (SC)6,0754.63%
IndependentChandrasekhara Udayar5,3304.06%
IndependentAyyaru (SC)3,9142.98%
Margin of victory7,4405.67%0.55%
Turnout1,31,25281.66%23.02%
Registered electors1,60,721
INC gain from IndependentSwing-15.46%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Papanasam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
IndependentSwayamprakasam22,13445.15%
INCAbdul Majeed Sahib19,62540.03%40.03%
IndependentBhuvaraha Iyengar4,1088.38%
IndependentPanchapakesa Sastri3,1586.44%
Margin of victory2,5095.12%
Turnout49,02558.64%
Registered electors83,604
Independent win (new seat)
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