Tiruchirappalli West Assembly constituency

For previous elections held in this constituency, see Tiruchirappalli – I Assembly constituency.
Tiruchirappalli (West)
Constituency No. 140 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
District Tiruchirappalli
LS constituency Tiruchirappalli
Established 2011
Total electors 2,69,194
Reservation None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party   DMK
Alliance   SPA
Elected year 2021

Tiruchirappalli (West) is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu. It comes under Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency for Parliament elections and includes Ward Nos. 39- 60 of Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation.

In the 2021 MLA election, the DMK party's Reddy candidate K.N Nehru won against the Kallar candidate of AIADMK.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Year Winner Party
2011 M. Mariam Pichai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 (Bye Election) M. Paranjothi
2016 K. N. Nehru Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 65.27%
2016
 
 51.30%
2011 By-election
 
 54.17%
2011
 
 50.21%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruchirappalli (West)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. N. Nehru 118,133 65.27% +13.97
AIADMK V. Padmanathan 33,024 18.25% -17.22
NTK V. Vinodh 15,725 8.69% +6.97
MNM M. Abubacker Siddiq 10,546 5.83% New
SDPI R. Abdullah Hassan Faizy 2,545 1.41% New
NOTA NOTA 2,117 1.17% -1.12
Margin of victory 85,109 47.03% 31.19%
Turnout 1,80,982 67.23% -3.20%
Rejected ballots 123 0.07%
Registered electors 2,69,194
DMK hold Swing 13.97%


2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruchirappalli (West)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. N. Nehru 92,049 51.30% +5.74
AIADMK R. Manoharan 63,634 35.47% -14.75
DMDK A. Joseph Jerald 11,469 6.39% New
NOTA NOTA 4,100 2.29% New
NTK Sethu. Manoharan 3,080 1.72% New
PMK K. Vijayaraghavan 1,780 0.99% New
IJK P. Satheeshkumar 1,012 0.56% New
WPOI Y. Jamal Mohamed 916 0.51% New
Margin of victory 28,415 15.84% 11.18%
Turnout 1,79,423 70.43% -4.61%
Registered electors 2,54,751
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 1.09%


2011 By-election

Bye-elections, 2011: Tiruchirappalli West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Paranjothi 69,029 54.17 Increase3.96
DMK K. N. Nehru 54,345 42.65 Decrease2.91
IJK M. M. Sadiq 906 0.41 Decrease0.55
UUK S. Kalasthri 663 0.52 Increase0.52
Margin of victory 14,684 11.52 Increase6.87
Turnout 1,27,433 61.12 Decrease13.92
AIADMK hold Swing Increase3.96

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK M. Mariam Pichai 77,492 50.21 +50.21
DMK K. N. Nehru 70,313 45.56 +45.56
BJP R. Thirumal 2,569 1.66 +1.66
IJK P. Selvam 1,487 0.96 +0.96
Margin of victory 7,179 4.65%
Turnout 1,54,321 75.04%
Registered electors 2,05,662
AIADMK win (new seat)