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 [1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. N. Nehru
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Tiruchirappalli (West) is one of the 234 state legislative assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu. ^[2] 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) ^[3]

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) ^[4]

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	3.96
	DMK	K. N. Nehru	54,345	42.65	2.91
	IJK	M. M. Sadiq	906	0.41	0.55
	UUK	S. Kalasthri	663	0.52	0.52
Margin of victory			14,684	11.52	6.87
Turnout			1,27,433	61.12	13.92
	AIADMK hold		Swing	3.96

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)

References

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
3. "Tiruchirappalli (West) Election Result" . Retrieved 11 May 2023.
4. "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

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