Mayiladuthurai (Lok Sabha constituency) has six assembly constituencies –
Mayiladuthurai,
Sirkali (SC),
Poompuhar,
Thiruvidaimarudur (SC),
Kumbakonam and
Papanasam. The constituency was constituted during the third
Lok Sabha (lower house) as Mayuram until the 1980 elections, when it was renamed Mayiladuthurai. During the first elections in 1957, Mayiladuthurai was part of Chidambaram constituency and was held by the
Indian National Congress party. From 1962, the Mayiladuthurai parliament seat was held by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) twice between 1967 and 1971, and from 1971 to 1977,
Tamil Maanila Congress for two terms between 1998 and 1999, and 1996 to 1998,
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam twice during 2009 and 2014, Indian National Congress for eight terms during 1962–67, 1989–91, 1991–96, 1999–2004, Popular Communist leader
K. Ananda Nambiar represented Mayiladuthurai in the
Lok Sabha from 1951 to 1957.
Mani Shankar Aiyar who served as a minister in India's cabinet was elected to the Parliament from the Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha constituency in the 1991, 1999 and 2004 elections. in 2014, the Member of Parliament from the constituency was R.K. Bharathi Mohan of the AIADMK party. The current Member of Parliament from the constituency is
Sudha Ramakrishnan of the
Indian National CongressIndian National Congress party. ==Assembly segments==