Tiruchirappalli (West)
K. N. Nehru (DMK) is the MLA for Tiruchirappalli (West).
DMK has won Tiruchirappalli (West) at 3 elections in a row (2016, 2021, 2026).
In 2026 K. N. Nehru won with 44.9% of the vote, 4,786 votes ahead of G. Ramamoorthy (TVK).
Tiruchirappalli (West) is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 0 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Tiruchirappalli
- Area
- about 37 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 68.0%
- Seats sharing a border
- Srirangam · Thiruverumbur · Tiruchirappalli (East)
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | DMK K. N. Nehru | 88,235 · 44.9% | TVK G. Ramamoorthy | 83,449 · 42.5% | 4,786 (2.4 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK K. N. Nehru | 118,133 · 64.5% | ADMK V. Padmanathan | 33,024 · 18.0% | 85,109 (46.5 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Nehru.K.N | 92,049 · 51.3% | ADMK Manoharan.R | 63,634 · 35.5% | 28,415 (15.8 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK M. Mariam Pichai | 77,492 · 50.2% | DMK K. N. Nehru | 70,313 · 45.6% | 7,179 (4.6 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Tiruchchirappalli district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 1 June (431 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Tiruchirappalli (West) itself is named in 0 of the district's 1,596 mentions (0.0%). The seat is too small to chart alone, so this is the district's picture.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Tiruchchirappalli district, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Tiruchchirappalli district
Tiruchchirappalli| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manapaarai | TVK | 0.6 | 8 |
| Srirangam | TVK | 13.2 | 49 |
| Tiruchirappalli (West) | DMK | 2.4 | 0 |
| Tiruchirappalli (East) | TVK | 15.0 | 0 |
| Thiruverumbur | TVK | 4.1 | 2 |
| Lalgudi | ADMK | 1.5 | 4 |
| Manachanallur | DMK | 5.9 | 0 |
| Musiri | TVK | 9.2 | 2 |
| Thuraiyur | TVK | 5.2 | 1 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Tiruchchirappalli district: no recent headline names Tiruchirappalli (West)
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Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.