Tiruchirappalli – II Assembly constituency

For other uses, see Tiruchirappalli (disambiguation).

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

Tiruchirappalli - II
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Tiruchirappalli
Lok Sabha constituency	Tiruchirappalli
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

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			49.37%
2001			52.06%
1996			68.24%
1991			57.18%
1989			39.93%
1984			51.63%
1980			55.52%
1977			36.37%
1971			55.74%
1967			46.08%
1962			55.71%
1957			43.28%
1952			58.86%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II

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			16,632	11.09%	−1.73%
Turnout			1,49,931	70.98%	17.07%
Registered electors			2,11,217
	DMK hold		Swing	-2.69%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II^[1]

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			13,944	12.83%	−30.23%
Turnout			1,08,715	53.92%	−5.24%
Registered electors			2,04,762
	DMK hold		Swing	-16.18%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II

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			44,829	43.05%	21.56%
Turnout			1,04,123	59.16%	4.70%
Registered electors			1,80,447
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	11.06%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II

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			20,544	21.49%	11.81%
Turnout			95,597	54.46%	−12.24%
Registered electors			1,80,072
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	17.25%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II

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			9,793	9.68%	4.50%
Turnout			1,01,137	66.69%	−4.00%
Registered electors			1,54,172
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-11.70%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II^[2]

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			4,681	5.19%	−5.86%
Turnout			90,241	70.70%	8.45%
Registered electors			1,31,240
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-3.90%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II

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

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Tiruchirappalli II^[3]

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			7,882	11.28%	−1.48%
Turnout			69,850	56.68%	−10.18%
Registered electors			1,24,230
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-19.37%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II^[4]

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			9,298	12.77%	0.02%
Turnout			72,829	66.86%	−4.30%
Registered electors			1,12,812
	DMK hold		Swing	9.66%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II

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			7,206	12.75%	1.33%
Turnout			56,528	71.16%	−1.66%
Registered electors			83,269
	DMK gain from CPI		Swing	-9.63%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II

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

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli Ii^[5]

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			3,242	7.38%	−17.92%
Turnout			43,957	48.75%	−16.08%
Registered electors			90,160
	CPI hold		Swing	-15.58%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Tiruchirappalli II^[6]

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			13,539	25.29%
Turnout			53,532	64.83%
Registered electors			82,573
	CPI win (new seat)

Post delimitation

Tiruchirappalli – II (State Assembly Constituency) has been renamed as Tiruchirappalli East after the constituency delimitations 2008.^[7]