MLA · 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly (2026–31)Former MLA · 17th Tamil Nadu Assembly (2026–31)

R. Vijaysaravanan
  • Won 2026 by 16,955

R. Vijaysaravanan

ஆர். விஜய்சரவணன்

MLA for Thanjavur since May 2026MLA for Thanjavur, 2026–31TVK

  • AC 174 · Thanjavur district
  • Sitting MLA · 17th Assembly (2026–31)
  • Age 50 at the 2026 election
declared assets
₹29.43 lakh
pending criminal cases
1
education
10th pass
times elected MLA
1

Assets, cases and education as declared in the 2026 sworn affidavit to the Election Commission of India. The cases are pending, not convictions. Age: from the Election Commission's candidate profile.

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Career

R. Vijaysaravanan: the career, year by year

First elected to the Assembly in 2026

  • Assembly win
  • Office held
  1. 1991

    SSLC from Uma Maheshwara Higher Secondary School, Karanthai, Thanjavur.

  2. Pre-2024

    Built a self-employed business in Thanjavur.

  3. 2024–25

    Joined TVK; appointed Thanjavur Central district secretary in the party's first phase of district-secretary appointments.

  4. Mar 2026

    Named TVK candidate for Thanjavur.

  5. 4 May 2026

    Won Thanjavur for the TVK (polling was on 23 April).

    See the full 2026 result
  6. 11 May 2026

    Took oath as MLA in the 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.

Profile

About R. Vijaysaravanan

He is a self-employed Thanjavur resident and TVK's Thanjavur Central district secretary, given the party's headline ticket in the temple city.

Party
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Born
1975/76; Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Profession
Self-employed; TVK Thanjavur Central district secretary; first-time MLA of 2026, Thanjavur (TVK)
District
Thanjavur

Education

  • 1991SSLC — Uma Maheshwara Higher Secondary School, Karanthai, Thanjavur.

Party & ideology

Vijaysaravanan represents the organisational-hand template inside TVK — a long-time Thanjavur local elevated through district-secretary work into the candidate list. His campaign hewed closely to TVK's wider 2026 themes of anti-incumbency on local civic and irrigation issues in the Cauvery delta.

Family

Son of M. Rajagopal; spouse listed as self-employed per his 2026 ECI affidavit.

Questions people ask

Who is R. Vijaysaravanan?

Self-employed Thanjavur resident, TVK's Thanjavur Central district secretary, and a first-time MLA of 2026 from Thanjavur (AC 174). He passed SSLC from Uma Maheshwara Higher Secondary, Karanthai, in 1991.

What was his winning margin?

He polled 87,705 votes and defeated DMK's Shan. Ramanathan by 16,955 votes.

What does his ECI affidavit show?

Total assets of about Rs 29.42 lakh against Rs 1.99 lakh in liabilities. He has one pending criminal case under BNS sections 223 (disobedience to public servant order) and 292 (public nuisance); no convictions.

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