Orathanadu
R. Vaithilingam (DMK) is the MLA for Orathanadu.
DMK took the seat from ADMK in 2026.
In 2026 R. Vaithilingam won with 44.4% of the vote, 35,028 votes ahead of Dr. K. Arvind (TVK).
Orathanadu is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 1 mention since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Thanjavur
- Area
- about 677 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 78.7%
- Seats sharing a border
- Gandarvakottai · Mannargudi · Papanasam · Pattukkottai · Peravurani · Thanjavur
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK R. Vaithilingam | 86,759 · 44.4% | TVK Dr. K. Arvind | 51,731 · 26.5% | 35,028 (17.9 pts) |
| 2021 | ADMK R. Vaithilingam | 90,063 · 47.0% | DMK M. Ramachandran | 61,228 · 31.9% | 28,835 (15.0 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Ramchandran. M | 84,378 · 46.9% | ADMK Vaithilingam. R | 80,733 · 44.9% | 3,645 (2.0 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK R. Vaithilingam | 91,724 · 57.8% | DMK T. Mahesh Krishnasamy | 59,080 · 37.2% | 32,644 (20.6 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Thanjavur district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 3 August (133 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Orathanadupaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Orathanadu itself is named in 1 of the district's 771 mentions (0.1%). The seat is too small to chart alone, so this is the district's picture.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Thanjavur district, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Thanjavur district
Thanjavur| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thiruvidaimarudur | DMK | 6.7 | 0 |
| Kumbakonam | TVK | 0.3 | 26 |
| Papanasam | IUML | 0.5 | 3 |
| Thiruvaiyaru | DMK | 3.9 | 2 |
| Thanjavur | TVK | 8.5 | 121† |
| Orathanadu | DMK | 17.9 | 0 |
| Pattukkottai | DMK | 7.5 | 4 |
| Peravurani | DMK | 1.8 | 1 |
† Thanjavur is also the district's name: its count includes news about the whole district.
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Thanjavur district: no recent headline names Orathanadu
- தஞ்சாவூரில் கைது செய்யப்பட்ட காவல் ஆய்வாளருக்கு ஒரு நாள் காவல்Tamil originalHindu Tamil Thisai
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.