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Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · MLA Thanjavur · AC 174

R. Vijaysaravanan

R. Vijaysaravanan won Thanjavur (AC 174) in the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly election as the TVK candidate, polling 87,705 votes and defeating DMK's Shan. Ramanathan by a margin of 16,955. He is a 50-year-old self-employed Thanjavur resident and TVK's Thanjavur Central district secretary, given the party's headline ticket in the temple city.

R. Vijaysaravanan
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam

R. Vijaysaravanan

TVKMLA · Thanjavur
Born
1975/76 (50 yrs in 2026); Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu
Constituency
Thanjavur · AC 174
District
Thanjavur
Party
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Profession
Self-employed; <strong>TVK Thanjavur Central district secretary</strong>; first-time MLA, Thanjavur (TVK)
2026 result
won by 16,955 votes
Education
SSLC Uma Maheshwara Higher Secondary Karanthai Thanjavur-1991

At a glance

2026 votes
87,705
in the assembly election
Margin
16,955
votes ahead of runner-up
Constituency
Thanjavur
AC 174 · Thanjavur
Party
TVK
Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
Field size
12
candidates contested
Age
50 yrs
as of 2026
Declared assets
₹29.43 L
ECI affidavit, 2026
Criminal cases
1 pending
declared in affidavit

Education

Highest qualification10th Pass

ECI affidavit (2026)

1 pending criminal case declared in the 2026 ECI affidavit. Total declared assets: ₹29.43 L.

ItemValue
Total declared assets₹29.43 L
Liabilities₹1.99 L
Source: Election Commission of India affidavit, March 2026 — collated by myneta.info (view live page).

Career timeline

The 2026 win — Thanjavur

R. Vijaysaravanan polled 87,705 votes, defeating Shan . Ramanathan (DMK) by a margin of 16,955.

#CandidatePartyVotes
1R. VijaysaravananTVK87,705
2Shan . RamanathanDMK70,750
3Karuppu MurugananthamBJP26,790
4N. KrishnakumarNTK9,383
5NotaNOTA1,274

→ Full Thanjavur (AC 174) seat page · district: Thanjavur

Family

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

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.

FAQ

Who is R. Vijaysaravanan?

A 50-year-old self-employed Thanjavur resident, TVK's Thanjavur Central district secretary, and a first-time MLA 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.

Sources