Papanasam
A. M. Shahjahan (IUML) is the MLA for Papanasam.
IUML took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 A. M. Shahjahan won with 33.4% of the vote, 1,065 votes ahead of Azarudeen Uduman Ali (TVK).
Papanasam is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 28 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Mayiladuthurai
- Area
- about 416 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 75.5%
- Seats sharing a border
- Ariyalur · Kumbakonam · Mannargudi · Nannilam · Orathanadu · Thanjavur · Thiruvaiyaru
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | IUML A. M. Shahjahan | 69,284 · 33.4% | TVK Azarudeen Uduman Ali | 68,219 · 32.8% | 1,065 (0.5 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK Dr. M. H. Jawahirullah | 86,567 · 44.0% | ADMK K. Gopinathan | 70,294 · 35.7% | 16,273 (8.3 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Doraikkannu R | 82,614 · 45.3% | INC Loganathan T R | 58,249 · 31.9% | 24,365 (13.3 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK R. Doraikkannu | 85,635 · 53.5% | INC M. Ramkumar | 67,628 · 42.2% | 18,007 (11.2 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Papanasam: mentions per week
Busiest week: 15 June (4 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
28 mentions of Papanasam since 1 June 2026 from 4 outlets.
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
Headlines that name Papanasam
- பாபநாசம் அருகே மணல் கடத்தலை தடுக்கச் சென்ற எஸ்எஸ்ஐ மீது டிராக்டர் மோதல்Tamil 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.