Tiruchirappalli Lok Sabha constituency

Tiruchirappalli is a Lok Sabha (Parliament of India) constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 24 of 39.

Tiruchirappalli
Lok Sabha constituency
Tiruchirappalli constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Srirangam Tiruchirappalli (West) Tiruchirappalli (East) Thiruverumbur Gandharvakottai Pudukkottai
Established	1952
Total electors	15,56,776[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent Durai Vaiyapuri
Party	MDMK
Elected year	2024 Election

Assembly segments

From 2009

The constituency comprises the following assembly segments:^[2]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Member	Party
139.	Srirangam	None	Tiruchirappalli	Palaniyandi. M		DMK
140.	Tiruchirappalli West	None		K. N. Nehru		DMK
141.	Tiruchirappalli East	None		Inigo S. Irudayaraj		DMK
142.	Tiruverumbur	None		Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi		DMK
178.	Gandharvakottai	SC	Pudukottai	M. Chinnadurai		CPI(M)
180.	Pudukkottai	None		V. Muthuraja		DMK

Before 2009

The constituency comprised

1. Musiri (moved to Perambalur Constituency)
2. Lalgudi (moved to Perambalur Constituency)
3. Srirangam
4. Tiruchirappalli - I (defunct)
5. Tiruchirappalli - II (defunct)
6. Tiruverumbur

Members of Parliament

Year	Winning Candidate	Party
1952	Dr.E.P Mathuram		Independent
1957	M.K.M. Abdul Salam		Indian National Congress
1962	K. Ananda Nambiar		Communist Party of India
1967			Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971	M. Kalyanasundaram		Communist Party of India
1977
1980	N. Selvaraj		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	L. Adaikalaraj		Indian National Congress
1989
1991
1996			Tamil Maanila Congress
1998	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam		Bharatiya Janata Party
1999
2001^	Dalit Ezhilmalai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2004	L. Ganesan		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2009	P. Kumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2014
2019	Su. Thirunavukkarasar[3]		Indian National Congress
2024	Durai Vaiyapuri		Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			51.35%
2019			59.70%
2014			47.49%
2009			41.65%
2004			63.68%
2001			48.38%
1999			54.61%
1998			48.39%
1996			62.65%
1991			63.99%
1989			61.06%
1984			58.05%
1980			54.32%
1977			57.10%
1971			49.34%
1967			50.32%
1962			47.80%
1957			42.60%
1951			43.82%

General elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	Durai Vaiko	542,213	51.35	51.35
	AIADMK	P. Karuppaiah	2,29,119	21.70	21.70
	NTK	Jallikattu Rajesh	1,07,458	10.18	3.91
	AMMK	Senthilnathan	1,00,747	9.54	New
	NOTA	None of the Above	13,849	1.31	−0.08
Margin of victory			3,13,094	29.65	−14.48
Turnout			10,56,843	67.98	−1.52
Registered electors			15,53,985		2.98
	MDMK gain from INC		Swing

General elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Su. Thirunavukkarasar	621,285	59.70	54.36
	DMDK	Dr. V. Elangovan	1,61,999	15.57	5.75
	Independent	Charubala Tondaiman	1,00,818	9.69
	NTK	V. Vinoth	65,286	6.27
	MNM	V. Anandharaja	42,134	4.05
	NOTA	None of the above	14,437	1.39	−0.98
Margin of victory			4,59,286	44.13	28.55
Turnout			10,40,711	69.50	−0.63
Registered electors			15,08,963		8.78
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	12.21

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Kumar	458,478	47.49	5.84
	DMK	Mu. Anbhalagan	3,08,002	31.90
	DMDK	A. M. G. Vijaykumar	94,785	9.82	1.21
	INC	Charubala Tondaiman	51,537	5.34	−35.71
	NOTA	None of the above	22,848	2.37
	CPI(M)	S. Sridhar	17,039	1.76
	AAP	P. Ravi	4,885	0.51
Margin of victory			1,50,476	15.59	14.98
Turnout			9,65,402	71.28	2.40
Registered electors			13,87,140		29.98
	AIADMK hold		Swing	5.84

General elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Kumar	298,710	41.65	8.58
	INC	Charubala Tondaiman	2,94,375	41.05
	DMDK	A. M. G. Vijaykumar	61,742	8.61
	BJP	R. Lalitha Kumaramangalam	30,329	4.23
	Makkal Manadu	P. Ravi	5,016	0.70
	BSP	N. Kalyana Sundaram	4,897	0.68	0.06
Margin of victory			4,335	0.60	−30.00
Turnout			7,17,165	67.33	7.81
Registered electors			10,67,193		−10.49
	AIADMK gain from MDMK		Swing	-22.02

General elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	L. Ganesan	450,907	63.68
	AIADMK	M. Paranjothi	2,34,182	33.07
	Independent	P. Ravi	7,831	1.11
	BSP	M. Ramesh	4,418	0.62
Margin of victory			2,16,725	30.60	17.70
Turnout			7,08,137	59.48	2.99
Registered electors			11,92,254		−4.31
	MDMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.06

By-election 2001

2001 Byelection: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Dalit Ezhilmalai	343,874	48.38
	BJP	M. N. Sukumar	3,26,461	45.93	−8.68
	Independent	P. Ravi	16,417	2.31
	Independent	G. Hariharan	6,053	0.82
Margin of victory			17,413	2.45	−8.64
Turnout			7,10,830	58.03	1.63
Registered electors			12,24,893		−1.69
	AIADMK gain from BJP		Swing	-6.23

General elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	377,450	54.61	52.48
	INC	L. Adaikalaraj	2,88,253	41.71	17.26
	TMC(M)	M. Rajasekaran	17,256	2.50
Margin of victory			89,197	12.91	11.09
Turnout			6,91,136	56.40	−10.91
Registered electors			12,45,971		5.75
	BJP hold		Swing	-8.04

General elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	305,233	48.39
	TMC(M)	L. Adaikalaraj	2,93,778	46.57
	INC	Subbha Somu	23,747	3.76
	PT	K. Sachidanandam	4,979	0.79
Margin of victory			11,455	1.82	−36.38
Turnout			6,30,805	54.97	−12.34
Registered electors			11,78,258		10.11
	BJP gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-14.26

General elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	L. Adaikalaraj	434,149	62.65
	INC	Dr. K. Gopal	1,69,441	24.45	−39.54
	CPI(M)	T. K. Rangarajan	52,185	7.53	−24.10
	BJP	D. Dhanabalan	14,778	2.13	−0.01
	Independent	N. Sivaprakasam	3,116	0.45
Margin of victory			2,64,708	38.20	5.83
Turnout			6,92,976	67.31	4.14
Registered electors			10,70,053		1.24
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-1.34

General elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	L. Adaikalaraj	414,628	63.99	2.93
	CPI(M)	T. K. Rangarajan	2,04,922	31.63	−5.26
	BJP	V. Parthasarathy	13,872	2.14
	JP	G. Fredric	4,280	0.66
Margin of victory			2,09,706	32.36	8.18
Turnout			6,47,962	63.17	−4.53
Registered electors			10,56,965		0.36
	INC hold		Swing	2.93

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	L. Adaikalaraj	429,185	61.06	3.01
	CPI(M)	T. K. Rangarajan	2,59,219	36.88
	JP	E. Veluswamy	3,152	0.45
Margin of victory			1,69,966	24.18	6.50
Turnout			7,02,847	67.70	−8.37
Registered electors			10,53,144		32.40
	INC hold		Swing	3.01

General elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	L. Adaikalaraj	337,786	58.05
	DMK	N. Selvaraj	2,34,881	40.37	−13.95
	Independent	D. R. Govindaraj	3,115	0.54
Margin of victory			1,02,905	17.68	3.33
Turnout			5,81,882	76.07	4.13
Registered electors			7,95,398		10.11
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	3.73

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	N. Selvaraj	278,485	54.32
	CPI(M)	T. K. Rangarajan	2,04,886	39.96
	Independent	V. Lalgudi Rajendran	23,133	4.51
Margin of victory			73,599	14.35	−1.35
Turnout			5,12,709	71.94	3.00
Registered electors			7,22,379		1.37
	DMK gain from CPI		Swing	-2.78

General elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	M. Kalyanasundaram	276,390	57.10
	INC(O)	Y. Venkateswara Dikshidar	2,00,345	41.39
	Independent	A. Lawrence	2,917	0.60
	Independent	M. M. Ismail	2,421	0.50
Margin of victory			76,045	15.71	11.05
Turnout			4,84,085	68.94	−4.61
Registered electors			7,12,644		14.66
	CPI hold		Swing	7.75

General elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	M. Kalyanasundaram	217,677	49.34
	INC(O)	S. P. Thangavelu	1,97,127	44.69
	CPI(M)	K. Ananda Nambiar	26,339	5.97
Margin of victory			20,550	4.66	4.03
Turnout			4,41,143	73.55	−3.52
Registered electors			6,21,540		15.73
	CPI gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-0.97

General elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Ananda Nambiar	202,879	50.32
	INC	V. A. Muthiah	2,00,334	49.68	4.74
Margin of victory			2,545	0.63	−2.23
Turnout			4,03,213	77.07	0.48
Registered electors			5,37,064		22.42
	CPI(M) gain from CPI		Swing	2.52

General elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Ananda Nambiar	156,706	47.80
	INC	M. K. M. Abdul Salam	1,47,332	44.94	2.34
	Independent	S. S. Subramaniam	23,796	7.26
Margin of victory			9,374	2.86	−16.20
Turnout			3,27,834	76.60	24.96
Registered electors			4,38,690		5.00
	CPI gain from INC		Swing	5.20

General elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	M. K. M. Abdul Salam	91,910	42.60	6.77
	CPI	K. Ananda Nambiar	50,785	23.54
	Independent	M. S. Mani	42,161	19.54
	Independent	C. M. Srinivasan	13,804	6.40
	Independent	N. Rukmani	10,765	4.99
	Independent	Rengasami	6,327	2.93
Margin of victory			41,125	19.06	11.07
Turnout			2,15,752	51.64	−9.11
Registered electors			4,17,789		18.08
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-1.22

General elections 1952

1951–52 Indian general election: Tiruchirappalli

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	E. Mathuram	94,184	43.82
	INC	N. Halasyam	77,007	35.83	35.83
	Independent	T. S. Krishnamoorthi	21,966	10.22
	Socialist	M. Nataraja	14,778	6.88
	Independent	A. Nammalwar	7,017	3.26
Margin of victory			17,177	7.99
Turnout			2,14,952	60.75
Registered electors			3,53,822		0.00
	Independent win (new seat)

See also

• Tiruchirapalli
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha