K.N.Nehru of DMK won the Tiruchirappalli (West) Assembly constituency (Tiruchirappalli district, Central) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 44.94% of 196,347 votes cast. The winning margin over G.Ramamoorthi (TVK) was 4,786 votes, or 2.44 percentage points. DMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
DMK
Winning party
44.94%
Winner vote share
4,786
Margin (2.44%)
DMK → DMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Tiruchirappalli (West) 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K.N.Nehru Winner | DMK | 88,235 | 44.94% |
| 2 | G.Ramamoorthi 2nd | TVK | 83,449 | 42.5% |
| 3 | M.Rajasekaran | AMMK | 14,136 | 7.2% |
| 4 | K.Bhuvaneswari | NTK | 7,470 | 3.8% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 1,098 | 0.56% |
| 6 | Chinnaiyan Poosari | Bahujan Samaj Party | 453 | 0.23% |
| 7 | Jeevanantham.M | IND | 323 | 0.16% |
| 8 | R.Prabu | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 310 | 0.16% |
| 9 | A.Vasudevan | IND | 158 | 0.08% |
| 10 | Sampath | IND | 152 | 0.08% |
| 11 | A.Veeramani | Samaniya Makkal Nala Katchi | 140 | 0.07% |
| 12 | Sundarapandiyaraja | IND | 122 | 0.06% |
| 13 | P.Rajendran | IND | 117 | 0.06% |
| 14 | M.Kalaimani | IND | 108 | 0.06% |
| 15 | M.Chandrasekaran | IND | 76 | 0.04% |
How Tiruchirappalli (West) compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Nehru, K.N. | DMK | 64.52% |
| 2026 | K.N.NEHRU | DMK | 44.94% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -19.58 percentage points in the winning vote share.
This page is part of the full Tamil Nadu 2026 election results set. Explore every seat, party efficiency, regional swing and demographics in the TN 2026 Explorer. For the wider story, see TVK’s debut mapped, the incumbents who lost, and how DMK collapsed.