Communist Party Of India on Thanjavur

State 33 · Lok Sabha · 13 contests on this seat

Record on this seat

WON 4 OF 8 contested

CPI runner-up 4 times

Strike rate

50%

wins as a share of contests fought

The party's figures here

counted from 8 published candidatures

Best vote share56.80%in 1998

Worst vote share44.50%in 1991

Average vote share49.96% mean across contests carrying a share

First contested1977

Last contested1999

Votes polled here25.78 Lacross all 8 contests

Vote share by year

vote %, against every contest this seat has held

Communist Party Of India vote share · a ringed point is a year they won this seat · a dashed upright is a contest with no point for this party, where the line breaks rather than touching zero.

Did not contest: 2004, 2009, 2014, 2019, 2024 — the seat went to the polls in those years and this party fielded no candidate. The line is broken there. It is not zero.

Every contest

8 candidatures · most recent first

Year	Candidate	Votes	Vote %	Position	Result
1999	Selvarasu.M.	3,19,771	45.90%	2	Lost · 2nd
1998	Selvarasu, M.	3,75,589	56.80%	1	Won
1996	Selvarasu M	3,94,330	54.20%	1	Won
1991	Selvarasu M.	3,01,697	44.50%	2	Lost · 2nd
1989	Selvarasu, M	3,41,921	48.80%	1	Won
1984	Murugaiyan K.	2,98,623	48.00%	2	Lost · 2nd
1980	Murugayan K.	2,67,887	48.40%	2	Lost · 2nd
1977	Murugaiyan S.G.	2,78,419	53.10%	1	Won

Other parties on this seat

by best finish

Dravida Munetra Kazhagam Indian National Congress All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar)Independent Bharatiya Janta Party Communist Party Of India (MARXIST)Pattali Makkal Katchi Puthiya Tamilagam Janata Dal (United)Naam Tamilar Katchi Tharasu Makkal Mandaram Bahujan Samaj Party Makkal Needhi Maiam Namadhu Makkal Katchi Samajwadi Party Desiya Makkal Sakthi Katchi