Tiruchirappalli West (state assembly constituency)

Refer Tiruchirappalli – II (State Assembly Constituency) for previous elections held in this constituency.

Tiruchirappalli – II (State Assembly Constituency) has been renamed as Tiruchirappalli West after the constituency delimitaions 2008.[1] Tiruchirappalli West will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[2][3][4] It comes under Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency) for Parliament elections

Year Winner Party
2011 M. Mariam Pichai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011* M. Paranjothi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 K. N. Nehru Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

* By-elections were held due to the death of Pichai

Election Results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. N. Nehru 92,049 51.30 +8.65
AIADMK R. Manoharan 63,634 35.47 -18.70
DMDK Joseph Jerald 11,469 6.39 +6.39
NOTA None of the above 4,100 2.29 +2.29
NTK Manoharan Sethu 3,080 1.72 +1.72
Margin of victory 28,415 15.83 +4.31
Turnout 1,79,668 70.53 +9.42
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -2.87

2011 Bypolls

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 1,54,322 75.04 New
AIADMK win (new seat)

References

  1. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitaion 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  2. "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. "A system for voter to know to whom he has voted". The Hindu. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
  4. "For the first time in Tamil Nadu, EVMs with paper trail will be used". The Times of India. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.


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