# Tiruchirappalli – II Assembly constituency

Tiruchirapalli-II is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| Madras State ||||
| 1952 | M. Kalyanasundaram | Communist Party of India |
| 1957 | M. Kalyanasundaram | Communist Party of India |
| 1962 | M. Kalyanasundaram | Communist Party of India |
| 1967 | R. Nagasundaram | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Tamil Nadu ||||
| 1971 | Anbil P. Dharmalingam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1977 | K. Soundararajan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1980 | K. Soundararajan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1984 | N. Nallusamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1989 | Anbil Poyyamozhi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1991 | G. R. Mala Selvi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1996 | Anbil Poyyamozhi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2000 by-election | Anbil Periyasamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2001 | Anbil Periyasamy | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2006 | K. N. Nehru | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2006 | 2006 | 49.37% | 49.37% |
| 2001 | 2001 | 52.06% | 52.06% |
| 1996 | 1996 | 68.24% | 68.24% |
| 1991 | 1991 | 57.18% | 57.18% |
| 1989 | 1989 | 39.93% | 39.93% |
| 1984 | 1984 | 51.63% | 51.63% |
| 1980 | 1980 | 55.52% | 55.52% |
| 1977 | 1977 | 36.37% | 36.37% |
| 1971 | 1971 | 55.74% | 55.74% |
| 1967 | 1967 | 46.08% | 46.08% |
| 1962 | 1962 | 55.71% | 55.71% |
| 1957 | 1957 | 43.28% | 43.28% |
| 1952 | 1952 | 58.86% | 58.86% |

### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | K. N. Nehru | 74,026 | 49.37% | −2.69% |
| | AIADMK | M. Mariam Pichai | 57,394 | 38.28% | |
| | DMDK | Sendhureswaran A. D. | 14,027 | 9.36% | |
| | BJP | Mathiarasan M. | 2,413 | 1.61% | |
| | BSP | Elangovan R. | 642 | 0.43% | |
| | Independent | Raja Mohamed A. | 536 | 0.36% | |
| | Independent | Ravichandran M. | 289 | 0.19% | |
| | | Balakrishnan K. | 184 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Mohan D. | 154 | 0.10% | |
| | Independent | Murugan T. | 154 | 0.10% | |
| | Independent | Muralidharan S. | 112 | 0.07% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,632 | 11.09% | −1.73% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,49,931 | 70.98% | 17.07% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,11,217 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -2.69% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Anbil Periyasamy | 56,598 | 52.06% | −16.18% |
| | INC | Selvaraj P. C. | 42,654 | 39.23% | |
| | MDMK | C. Kannaiyan | 7,289 | 6.70% | |
| | Independent | Ramanan . S | 789 | 0.73% | |
| | JP | Varatharaj . L | 510 | 0.47% | |
| | GMK | Maruthamuthu . T | 508 | 0.47% | |
| | Independent | Selvaraj . A | 367 | 0.34% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,944 | 12.83% | −30.23% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,08,715 | 53.92% | −5.24% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,04,762 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -16.18% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Anbil Poyyamozhi | 71,058 | 68.24% | 32.55% |
| | AIADMK | Selvaraj P. | 26,229 | 25.19% | −31.99% |
| | CPI(M) | Vijayalakshmi G. | 3,849 | 3.70% | |
| | BJP | Sriram K. | 1,724 | 1.66% | 0.34% |
| | Independent | Nagendran P. | 134 | 0.13% | |
| | Independent | Iliyasraja | 115 | 0.11% | |
| | Independent | Ajisdeen Basha J. | 106 | 0.10% | |
| | Independent | Venkataraman K. | 90 | 0.09% | |
| | Independent | Selvaraj S. | 89 | 0.09% | |
| | Independent | Chidambaram P. | 89 | 0.09% | |
| | Independent | Veerasami S. | 84 | 0.08% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 44,829 | 43.05% | 21.56% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,04,123 | 59.16% | 4.70% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,80,447 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 11.06% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Mala Selvi G. R. | 54,664 | 57.18% | 47.90% |
| | DMK | Anbil Poyyamozhi | 34,120 | 35.69% | −4.24% |
| | IUML | Kader Mohideen K. M. | 4,240 | 4.44% | |
| | BJP | Dev Ananth K. S. | 1,259 | 1.32% | 0.11% |
| | JP | Velusamy E. | 591 | 0.62% | |
| | Independent | Masthan | 213 | 0.22% | |
| | Independent | Karuppiah M. | 104 | 0.11% | |
| | Independent | Andul Rahman M. | 64 | 0.07% | |
| | THMM | Nadarajan V. | 63 | 0.07% | |
| | Independent | Sirajudeen N. | 59 | 0.06% | |
| | Independent | Murugaiah Pillai | 56 | 0.06% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,544 | 21.49% | 11.81% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 95,597 | 54.46% | −12.24% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,80,072 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 17.25% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Anbil Poyyamozhi | 40,386 | 39.93% | −6.51% |
| | Independent | Kader Mohideen K. M. M | 30,593 | 30.25% | |
| | Independent | Velusamy E. M | 18,324 | 18.12% | |
| | AIADMK | K. Soundararajan | 9,383 | 9.28% | −42.35% |
| | BJP | Venkatachari K. K. M | 1,218 | 1.20% | |
| | Independent | Tajudeen E. M. M | 144 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | Murlidharan V. M | 127 | 0.13% | |
| | Independent | Selvaraj G. M | 121 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Radhakrishnan P. M | 121 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | Kalibhullah V. M | 114 | 0.11% | |
| | Independent | Ramamoorthy V. M | 109 | 0.11% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,793 | 9.68% | 4.50% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,01,137 | 66.69% | −4.00% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,54,172 | | |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -11.70% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | N. Nallusamy | 46,589 | 51.63% | −3.90% |
| | DMK | Anbil P. Dharmalingam | 41,908 | 46.44% | |
| | Independent | A. G. L. Irudayaraj | 625 | 0.69% | |
| | Independent | P. Balu | 356 | 0.39% | |
| | Independent | M. J. Selvanathan | 183 | 0.20% | |
| | Independent | K. A. Jeganathan | 153 | 0.17% | |
| | Independent | M. K. Shanmugam | 130 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | N. Ravi | 128 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | M. Periyasamy | 108 | 0.12% | |
| | Independent | P. Ponnusamy | 61 | 0.07% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,681 | 5.19% | −5.86% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 90,241 | 70.70% | 8.45% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,31,240 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -3.90% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. Soundararajan | 43,029 | 55.52% | 19.15% |
| | Independent | Kader Mohideen. M. K. | 34,467 | 44.48% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,562 | 11.05% | −0.24% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 77,496 | 62.24% | 5.56% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,25,957 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 19.15% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruchirappalli II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | K. Soundararajan | 25,405 | 36.37% | |
| | DMK | M.S. Venkatachalam | 17,523 | 25.09% | −30.65% |
| | JP | N. Krishnan | 16,841 | 24.11% | |
| | CPI | M. Ganam | 9,681 | 13.86% | |
| | Independent | S. Rathinam | 400 | 0.57% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,882 | 11.28% | −1.48% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 69,850 | 56.68% | −10.18% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,24,230 | | |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | -19.37% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Anbil P. Dharmalingam | 40,593 | 55.74% | 9.66% |
| | INC | Subramanian | 31,295 | 42.97% | 9.64% |
| | Independent | Abass S. M. M. | 586 | 0.80% | |
| | Independent | Sheriff Rowther | 355 | 0.49% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,298 | 12.77% | 0.02% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 72,829 | 66.86% | −4.30% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,12,812 | | |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | 9.66% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | R. Nagasundaram | 26,048 | 46.08% | |
| | INC | M. K. M. A. Salam | 18,842 | 33.33% | −10.96% |
| | CPI | M. Kalyanasundaram | 11,638 | 20.59% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,206 | 12.75% | 1.33% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 56,528 | 71.16% | −1.66% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 83,269 | | |
| | DMK gain from CPI | DMK gain from CPI | Swing | -9.63% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | M. Kalyanasundaram | 38,281 | 55.71% | |
| | INC | T. N. Rajendran | 30,436 | 44.29% | 8.38% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,845 | 11.42% | 4.04% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 68,717 | 72.82% | 24.07% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 96,249 | | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | 12.42% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli Ii :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | M. Kalyanasundaram | 19,026 | 43.28% | |
| | INC | Subburethinam | 15,784 | 35.91% | 2.34% |
| | Independent | K. Kamatchi | 9,147 | 20.81% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 3,242 | 7.38% | −17.92% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 43,957 | 48.75% | −16.08% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 90,160 | | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | -15.58% | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | M. Kalyanasundaram | 31,508 | 58.86% | |
| | INC | G. Ramaswami | 17,969 | 33.57% | 33.57% |
| | Independent | Iruthasami | 2,729 | 5.10% | |
| | Independent | Natarajan | 406 | 0.76% | |
| | Independent | Balasubramanian | 367 | 0.69% | |
| | SP | P. R. Ramaswamy | 320 | 0.60% | |
| | Independent | Usman | 233 | 0.44% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 13,539 | 25.29% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 53,532 | 64.83% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 82,573 | | |
| | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) | CPI win (new seat) |

## Post delimitation

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