# Tiruchirappalli West Assembly constituency

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 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 (Bye Election) | M. Paranjothi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2016 | K. N. Nehru | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | K. N. Nehru | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

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

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli (West) :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 85,109 | 47.03% | 31.19% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,80,982 | 67.23% | −3.20% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 123 | 0.07% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,69,194 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 13.97% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli (West) :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 28,415 | 15.84% | 11.18% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,79,423 | 70.43% | −4.61% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,54,751 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 1.09% | |

### 2011 By-election

Bye-elections, 2011: Tiruchirappalli West :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,684 | 11.52 | 6.87 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,27,433 | 61.12 | 13.92 |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 3.96 | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli West :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,179 | 4.65% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,54,321 | 75.04% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,05,662 | | |
| | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) |