# Tiruchirappalli – I Assembly constituency

Tiruchirapalli-I is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| Madras State ||||
| 1952 | Ramaswamy | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | E. P. Madhuram | Independent |
| 1962 | M. S. Mani | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1967 | M. S. Mani | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Tamil Nadu ||||
| 1971 | V. Krishnamoorthy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1977 | C. Manickam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980 | P. Musiri Buthan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1984 | A. Malarmannan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1989 | A. Malarmannan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1991 | S. Aarokiyasamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1996 | B. Baranikumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2001 | B. Baranikumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2006 | Anbil Periasamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2006 | 2006 | 49.41% | 49.41% |
| 2001 | 2001 | 42.93% | 42.93% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 63.47% | 63.47% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 56.68% | 56.68% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 32.19% | 32.19% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 50.84% | 50.84% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 49.68% | 49.68% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 33.29% | 33.29% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 52.65% | 52.65% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 52.07% | 52.07% |
| 1962 | 1962 | 51.37% | 51.37% |
| 1957 | 1957 | 51.32% | 51.32% |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Anbil Periasamy | 42,886 | 49.41% | 6.48% |
| | MDMK | A. Malarmannan | 32,435 | 37.37% | 25.07% |
| | DMDK | Uma P. | 8,151 | 9.39% | |
| | BJP | Thirumalai R. | 1,579 | 1.82% | |
| | Independent | Ramanan S. | 464 | 0.53% | |
| | Independent | Malarmannan A. | 369 | 0.43% | |
| | Independent | Rafiq Ahamed M. | 365 | 0.42% | |
| | AIFB | Kaliamoorthy S. | 191 | 0.22% | |
| | LJP | Shahul Hameed P. M. | 104 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Sakthivel R. | 100 | 0.12% | |
| | | Rengan M. | 99 | 0.11% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,451 | 12.04% | 10.78% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 86,797 | 73.78% | 16.70% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,17,649 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 6.48% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | B. Baranikumar | 31,421 | 42.93% | −20.54% |
| | IUML | Kadher Mohideen. M. | 30,497 | 41.67% | |
| | MDMK | A. Malarmannan | 9,003 | 12.30% | 7.11% |
| | JD(U) | Arumugam. K. C. | 802 | 1.10% | |
| | Independent | Rajamani. K. | 418 | 0.57% | |
| | Independent | Subramanian. R. | 387 | 0.53% | |
| | Independent | Ansari Raja. A. | 212 | 0.29% | |
| | Independent | Thendapani. R. | 197 | 0.27% | |
| | Independent | Selvaraj. S. | 145 | 0.20% | |
| | Independent | Syedbashir Ahamed. S. . G | 110 | 0.15% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 924 | 1.26% | −35.08% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 73,192 | 57.08% | −7.58% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,28,234 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -20.54% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | B. Baranikumar | 48,045 | 63.47% | 26.58% |
| | AIADMK | Pa. Krishnan | 20,535 | 27.13% | −29.55% |
| | MDMK | A. Malarmannan | 3,932 | 5.19% | |
| | BJP | S. P. Palaniappan | 895 | 1.18% | −0.66% |
| | Independent | N. Nalangkille | 831 | 1.10% | |
| | PMK | S. Samimuthu | 312 | 0.41% | |
| | JP | M. James | 88 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | M. Uma Maheswari | 83 | 0.11% | |
| | Independent | B. Abdul Azeez | 76 | 0.10% | |
| | Independent | R. Palanisamy | 62 | 0.08% | |
| | Independent | A. R. Nistar Ali | 54 | 0.07% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 27,510 | 36.34% | 16.55% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 75,701 | 64.66% | 4.73% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,20,155 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 6.79% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | S. Arokiasamy | 42,774 | 56.68% | 31.91% |
| | DMK | A. Malarmannan | 27,839 | 36.89% | 4.70% |
| | IUML | M. Rajmohamed | 2,301 | 3.05% | |
| | BJP | S. P. Palaniyappan | 1,389 | 1.84% | |
| | JP | A. T. M. Paramasivam | 333 | 0.44% | |
| | Independent | A. Xavier Durairaj | 233 | 0.31% | |
| | Independent | M. Allapitchai | 156 | 0.21% | |
| | Independent | P. Rajarathinam | 153 | 0.20% | |
| | Independent | G. A. Paulraj | 82 | 0.11% | |
| | Independent | A. Kulandaivel | 73 | 0.10% | |
| | Independent | A. K. Mohammed Isaq | 46 | 0.06% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,935 | 19.79% | 12.59% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 75,471 | 59.93% | −11.46% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,29,007 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 24.48% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | A. Malarmannan | 25,688 | 32.19% | −18.65% |
| | INC | Shivaraj Ka | 19,944 | 24.99% | −21.95% |
| | AIADMK | Mohamed Ansari A. M | 19,763 | 24.77% | |
| | Independent | Krishnamurthy V. M | 7,819 | 9.80% | |
| | Independent | Srinivasan T. M | 5,281 | 6.62% | |
| | Independent | Murugan P. M | 158 | 0.20% | |
| | Independent | Paul Raj G. A. M | 141 | 0.18% | |
| | Independent | Sekar P. M | 102 | 0.13% | |
| | Independent | Krishnamoorthy R. M | 100 | 0.13% | |
| | Independent | Rajarethinam P. M | 94 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Thangaraj K. M | 75 | 0.09% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,744 | 7.20% | 3.31% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 79,797 | 71.39% | −2.69% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,13,240 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -18.65% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | A. Malarmannan | 37,802 | 50.84% | 4.22% |
| | INC | Perumal. R. | 34,909 | 46.95% | |
| | Independent | Mohanlal Jain. M. | 296 | 0.40% | |
| | Independent | Sundaram. U. | 250 | 0.34% | |
| | Independent | Paramasivam. M. | 232 | 0.31% | |
| | Independent | Vijayarengan. N. | 171 | 0.23% | |
| | Independent | Vadivelu Pullai. D. | 132 | 0.18% | |
| | Independent | Ramalingam. K. | 111 | 0.15% | |
| | Independent | Subramani. R. | 109 | 0.15% | |
| | Independent | Navaneethan. P. | 106 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | Selvam. V. | 89 | 0.12% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,893 | 3.89% | 0.83% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 74,357 | 74.09% | 5.99% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,03,264 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 1.16% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Musiri Putthan. P. | 35,361 | 49.68% | 16.38% |
| | DMK | Krishnamurthi. A. V. | 33,183 | 46.62% | 16.84% |
| | JP | Subramanian. N. | 1,878 | 2.64% | |
| | Independent | Kathaperumal. P. | 565 | 0.79% | |
| | Independent | Selvanathan. M. J. | 195 | 0.27% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,178 | 3.06% | −0.45% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 71,182 | 68.10% | 11.32% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,05,277 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 16.38% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | C. Manickam | 21,908 | 33.29% | |
| | DMK | A.V. Krishnamurthy | 19,597 | 29.78% | −22.87% |
| | JP | R. Subbian | 14,350 | 21.81% | |
| | INC | M. Palaniyandy | 9,759 | 14.83% | −31.40% |
| | Independent | Raja Alias N.A. Waheed | 191 | 0.29% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,311 | 3.51% | −2.91% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 65,805 | 56.78% | −13.63% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,16,787 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -19.36% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Krishnamurthy V. | 38,099 | 52.65% | 0.58% |
| | INC | Lourdusamy Pillai A. S. G. | 33,450 | 46.23% | −0.85% |
| | Independent | Murugyah Pillai S. | 809 | 1.12% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,649 | 6.42% | 1.44% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 72,358 | 70.42% | −5.29% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,05,446 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 0.58% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. S. Mani | 34,504 | 52.07% | 0.70% |
| | INC | A. S. G. L. Piliai | 31,199 | 47.08% | 0.39% |
| | ABJS | V. Rengarasan | 562 | 0.85% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,305 | 4.99% | 0.31% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,265 | 75.70% | −1.10% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 89,882 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 0.70% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | M. S. Mani | 31,221 | 51.37% | |
| | INC | E. P. Mathuram | 28,379 | 46.69% | −0.70% |
| | Independent | S. Syed Hussain | 1,180 | 1.94% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,842 | 4.68% | 0.75% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,780 | 76.81% | 27.14% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 81,044 | | |
| | DMK gain from Independent | DMK gain from Independent | Swing | 0.04% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | E. P. Mathuram | 21,022 | 51.32% | |
| | INC | T. Durairaj Pillai | 19,413 | 47.40% | 19.77% |
| | Independent | Dr. M. Raju | 525 | 1.28% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,609 | 3.93% | −0.40% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 40,960 | 49.66% | 3.06% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 82,474 | | |
| | Independent gain from INC | Independent gain from INC | Swing | 23.70% | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli I :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Ramasamy | 8,710 | 27.62% | 27.62% |
| | Independent | Viyapuri Sholaiyar | 7,344 | 23.29% | |
| | Independent | Duraisamy | 6,527 | 20.70% | |
| | Independent | Dakshnamurthy | 5,037 | 15.97% | |
| | Independent | Avadhani | 1,558 | 4.94% | |
| | Independent | Arumugam | 1,506 | 4.78% | |
| | Independent | Xavier | 853 | 2.70% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 1,366 | 4.33% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 31,535 | 46.60% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 67,668 | | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |

## Post delimitation

Tiruchirappalli – I (State Assembly Constituency) has been renamed as Tiruchirappalli West after the constituency delimitations 2008.