Tiruchirappalli West Assembly constituency
| Tiruchirappalli (West) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 140 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Tiruchirappalli |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Tiruchirappalli |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 2,69,194[1] |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| 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 candidate K. N. Nehru won against the candidate of AIADMK.
Members of the Legislative Assembly
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | M. Mariam Pichai | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2011 by-election | M. Paranjothi | ||
| 2016 | K. N. Nehru | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | |||
Election results
2021
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
- ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
- ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Tiruchirappalli (West) Election Result". Retrieved 11 May 2023.
- ^ "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.