Tiruchirappalli West Assembly constituency

Tiruchirappalli (West)
Tiruchirappalli (West)
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency Details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruchirappalli
LS constituency	Tiruchirappalli
Established	2011
Total electors	2,69,194[1]
Reservation	General
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	K. N. Nehru
Party	DMK
Alliance	SPA
Elected year	2021

Tiruchirappalli (West) is a state legislative assembly in Tamil Nadu that was previously called Tiruchirappalli – I Assembly constituency before the constituency delimitations in the year 2008.[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 140. Tiruchirappalli West will be one of 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[3][4][5] It comes under Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency for Parliament elections. It includes Ward Nos. 39- 60 of Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation .

It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

The Mukkulathor community (mostly Kallar) is the biggest community in this constituency with around 25% population.

The population of other communities are: 15% Muslims, 15% Paraiyar, 10% Devendra Kula Vellalar, Vellalar 10% and Mutharaiyar 5%.

Thr constituency has around 10% Telugu speaking population.

In the 2021 MLA election, the DMK party's Reddy candidate K.N Nehru won against the Kallar candidate of AIADMK.

K.N Nehru of Reddy community was fielded as the compromising candidate as Muslims and Paraiyars have 15% population each and Devendrars and Vellalars have 10% each.

He was also made as minister of Municipal Administration and Water Supply, which is one of the most powerful minister portfolios.

It is said that he was made minister as a compromising community candidate, because the Tiruchi district has various Tamil castes, namely Vellalar, Mutharaiyar, Kallar, Devendrar and Paraiyar with substantial population.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner
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

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli West
	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
DMK	K. N. Nehru	118,133	64.52	13.22
AIADMK	V.Padmanathan	33,024	18.04	17.43
NTK	Vinoth	15,725	8.59	6.87

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

"Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 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.
"EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
"A system for voter to know to whom he has voted". The Hindu. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.
"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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[1] "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

[2] "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.

[3] "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

[4] "A system for voter to know to whom he has voted". The Hindu. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 6 May 2017.

[5] "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.