Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu — Lok Sabha Election Results
Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) was won by Thirunavukkarasar. Su (Indian National Congress) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 459,286 votes over Dr.Elangovan. V. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, from 1971 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1971–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1971
M. Kalyanasundaram
Communist Party of India
217,677
49.3%
S. P. Thangavelu (Congress (O))
20,550 (4.7 pts)
1977
M. Kalyanasundaram
Communist Party of India
276,390
57.1%
Y. Venkateswara Dikshidar (Congress (O))
76,045 (15.7 pts)
1980
Selvaraju N.
DMK
278,485
54.3%
Rangarajan T.K. (CPI (Marxist))
73,599 (14.3 pts)
1984
Adaikalaraj
Indian National Congress
337,786
58.1%
N. Selvarasu (DMK)
102,905 (17.7 pts)
1989
L.Adaikalaraj
Indian National Congress
429,185
61.1%
T.K.Rengarajan (CPI (Marxist))
169,966 (24.2 pts)
1991
L. Adaikala Raj
Indian National Congress
414,628
64.0%
T.K. Rangarajan (CPI (Marxist))
209,706 (32.4 pts)
1996
Adaikkalraj.L
Trinamool Congress
434,149
62.6%
Gopal K (Indian National Congress)
264,708 (38.2 pts)
1998
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
Bharatiya Janata Party
305,233
48.4%
Adaikalaraj.L (Trinamool Congress)
11,455 (1.8 pts)
1999
Arangarajan Kumaramangalam
Bharatiya Janata Party
377,450
54.6%
Adaikalaraj,L. (Indian National Congress)
89,197 (12.9 pts)
2004
Ganesan. L
MDMK
450,907
63.7%
Paranjothi. M (AIADMK)
216,725 (30.6 pts)
2009
Kumar.P
AIADMK
298,710
41.6%
Sarubala.R.Thondaiman (Indian National Congress)
4,335 (0.6 pts)
2014
Kumar.P
AIADMK
458,478
46.4%
Anbhalagan.Mu (DMK)
150,476 (15.2 pts)
2019
Thirunavukkarasar. Su
Indian National Congress
621,285
60.1%
Dr.Elangovan. V (DMDK)
459,286 (44.4 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
M. Kalyanasundaram
Communist Party of India
217,677
49.3%
S. P. Thangavelu
Congress (O)
197,127
44.7%
K. Ananda Nambiar
CPI (Marxist)
26,339
6.0%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
M. Kalyanasundaram
Communist Party of India
276,390
57.1%
Y. Venkateswara Dikshidar
Congress (O)
200,345
41.4%
A. Lawrence
Independent
2,917
0.6%
M.M. Ismail
Independent
2,421
0.5%
T.K. Regasamy
Independent
2,012
0.4%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Selvaraju N.
DMK
278,485
54.3%
Rangarajan T.K.
CPI (Marxist)
204,886
40.0%
Lalgudi Rajendran V.
Independent
23,133
4.5%
Periyannan S.
Independent
2,004
0.4%
Selvanathan M.J.
Independent
1,204
0.2%
Velu C.
Independent
1,113
0.2%
Vijaya Rengan N.
Independent
986
0.2%
Rathinam S.
Independent
898
0.2%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Adaikalaraj
Indian National Congress
337,786
58.1%
N. Selvarasu
DMK
234,881
40.4%
D.R. Govindaraj
Independent
3,115
0.5%
A. K. Velayutham
Independent
2,318
0.4%
S. Kandasamy
Independent
2,169
0.4%
D. Menuel Rajkumar
Independent
1,613
0.3%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
L.Adaikalaraj
Indian National Congress
429,185
61.1%
T.K.Rengarajan
CPI (Marxist)
259,219
36.9%
E.Veluswamy
JNP (JP)
3,152
0.4%
R.Packiam
Pattali Makkal Katchi
2,057
0.3%
P.Kathiresan
Independent
1,859
0.3%
M.Balasubramainan
TMM
1,841
0.3%
P.G.Hari Rao
Independent
1,679
0.2%
A.S.M.Marianallu
Independent
1,542
0.2%
A.Arokiswamy
Independent
1,008
0.1%
Tanga Maruthamuthu
Independent
807
0.1%
Thathu Adaikaypattar
Independent
498
0.1%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
L. Adaikala Raj
Indian National Congress
414,628
64.0%
T.K. Rangarajan
CPI (Marxist)
204,922
31.6%
V. Parthasarathy
Bharatiya Janata Party
13,872
2.1%
G. Fredric
Janata Party
4,280
0.7%
M. Pillappan
Independent
1,647
0.3%
M. Balasubramanian
TMM
1,329
0.2%
K. Sundaram
Independent
1,253
0.2%
S. Kandasamy
Independent
1,203
0.2%
A. Devadoss
Independent
1,032
0.2%
Thangamarthamuthu
GMK
1,030
0.2%
R. Thathu Adaikapattar
Independent
1,005
0.2%
M.J. Selvanathan
Independent
887
0.1%
M. Rajendran
Independent
874
0.1%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Adaikkalraj.L
Trinamool Congress
434,149
62.6%
Gopal K
Indian National Congress
169,441
24.5%
Rangarajan T.K
CPI (Marxist)
52,185
7.5%
Dhanabalan D
Bharatiya Janata Party
14,778
2.1%
Sivaprakasam N
Independent
3,116
0.4%
Vijaya Nallendran B
AIIC(T)
2,952
0.4%
Nagarajan K
Independent
1,725
0.2%
Rajendran M
Independent
1,620
0.2%
Thathu R.
Independent
1,095
0.2%
Ramu J
Independent
1,092
0.2%
Sankaraasiva P
Independent
791
0.1%
Natarajan S
Independent
638
0.1%
Devadas A
Independent
630
0.1%
Nagarajan G
Independent
595
0.1%
Usman M.
Independent
594
0.1%
Ravisankar N.P
Independent
575
0.1%
Rangarajan S
Independent
573
0.1%
Veeramuthu M.A.
Independent
531
0.1%
Rajarathinam P
Independent
519
0.1%
Gunasekaran K
Independent
503
0.1%
Ramasamy V
Independent
493
0.1%
Sundaram Pillai T.K
Independent
490
0.1%
Selvaraj Honest R
Independent
465
0.1%
Krishna Jayant R.B
Independent
428
0.1%
Vaiayapuri A.
TNHVYK
422
0.1%
Selvaraj M
Independent
406
0.1%
Krishnamurthy P.K.
Independent
390
0.1%
Boominathan V
Independent
330
0.0%
Purushothaman R
Independent
323
0.0%
Loganathan M
Independent
322
0.0%
Lakshmanan M
Independent
306
0.0%
Rudramurthy K.V
Independent
275
0.0%
Kumarasamy M
Independent
224
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
Bharatiya Janata Party
305,233
48.4%
Adaikalaraj.L
Trinamool Congress
293,778
46.6%
Subbha Somu
Indian National Congress
23,747
3.8%
Sachidanandam. K
PT
4,979
0.8%
Kaleel.M
Independent
1,133
0.2%
Alagia Manavalan
Independent
749
0.1%
Shanmuga Sundaram.S
Rashtriya Janata Dal
612
0.1%
Azhimudeen.G
Independent
373
0.1%
Ramu.S.R
Independent
201
0.0%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Arangarajan Kumaramangalam
Bharatiya Janata Party
377,450
54.6%
Adaikalaraj,L.
Indian National Congress
288,253
41.7%
Rajasekaran,M.
Trinamool Congress
17,256
2.5%
Pichai, A.K.
Independent
2,293
0.3%
Kannan, S.
Independent
1,701
0.2%
Hussain Khan, A.
Independent
1,189
0.2%
Alagiamanavalan, S.
Independent
725
0.1%
Anbalagan,K.
Independent
720
0.1%
Muthusamy, K.
Independent
374
0.1%
Sakthivel, G.
Independent
370
0.1%
Anthonyraj, R.
Independent
301
0.0%
Anbalangan, C.
Independent
254
0.0%
Nagendran, A.
Independent
250
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ganesan. L
MDMK
450,907
63.7%
Paranjothi. M
AIADMK
234,182
33.1%
Ravi. P
Independent
7,831
1.1%
Ramesh. M
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,418
0.6%
Pilantinal Mary. A
Independent
2,342
0.3%
Hemavathy. V
Janata Party
1,862
0.3%
Balakrishnan. M. D.
Independent
1,378
0.2%
Angusamy. N
Independent
1,101
0.2%
Arumugam. P
Independent
844
0.1%
Thiyagarajan. A
Independent
824
0.1%
Ajimudeen. G
Independent
711
0.1%
Sathakathulla Moulana. N. M.
Independent
623
0.1%
Arumugam. C
Independent
594
0.1%
Arumugam. K
Independent
520
0.1%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kumar.P
AIADMK
298,710
41.6%
Sarubala.R.Thondaiman
Indian National Congress
294,375
41.0%
Vijaykumar.Amg
DMDK
61,742
8.6%
Lalitha Kumaramangalam.R
Bharatiya Janata Party
30,329
4.2%
Ravi.P
MMKA
5,016
0.7%
Kalyanasundaram. N
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,897
0.7%
Mansoor Ali Khan.A
Independent
2,532
0.4%
Asaithambi.P
CPI (ML) Liberation
2,401
0.3%
Chinnadurai.A
Independent
2,110
0.3%
Nagendran.A
Independent
1,814
0.3%
Mohammed Iqbal. A. K. S
Independent
1,512
0.2%
Palani.P
Independent
1,356
0.2%
Jafarunnisha. A
Independent
1,338
0.2%
Pathinathan.P
CDF
1,300
0.2%
Samuel Swamidoss Manojkumar.E
Independent
1,211
0.2%
Anantha Raja.V
Independent
1,184
0.2%
Saravanan.V
Independent
1,065
0.1%
Thirumavalavan.M
Independent
1,018
0.1%
Raghavan.R
ABHM
937
0.1%
Neelamegam.M
Samajwadi Party
872
0.1%
Gunasekaran.K
AIVP
730
0.1%
Velmani. P
Independent
638
0.1%
Urumaiyah.N
Independent
588
0.1%
Baby Kamitha Banu.M
Independent
532
0.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kumar.P
AIADMK
458,478
46.4%
Anbhalagan.Mu
DMK
308,002
31.2%
Vijaykumar.Amg
DMDK
94,785
9.6%
Sarubala R Thondaiman
Indian National Congress
51,537
5.2%
None Of The Above
Independent
22,848
2.3%
Sridhar.S
CPI (Marxist)
17,039
1.7%
Ravi.P
Aam Aadmi Party
4,885
0.5%
Kumar.P
Independent
4,077
0.4%
Arunachalam.A
Independent
3,239
0.3%
Shadhick Batcha.A
Independent
3,083
0.3%
Eswaran.J
Independent
2,484
0.3%
Sridevi.S
Independent
2,348
0.2%
Natarajan.S
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,710
0.2%
Asaithambi.Pala
CPI (ML) Liberation
1,425
0.1%
Ragavan. R
Independent
1,283
0.1%
Larance.Y
Independent
1,198
0.1%
Dineshkumar.G
Independent
1,119
0.1%
Jothi.P
Samajwadi Party
1,003
0.1%
Sundarraj.S
Independent
784
0.1%
Thaddaus Fernandez,
Independent
751
0.1%
Asraf Ali.M
Independent
734
0.1%
Anwar Deen.S
Samajwadi Party
731
0.1%
Palanivel.P
Independent
687
0.1%
Vijayakumar.P
Independent
680
0.1%
Badhusha.M
Independent
669
0.1%
Anbalagan.M
Independent
636
0.1%
Karunakaran.M
LSP
606
0.1%
Veeramalai.A
Independent
589
0.1%
Bala Krishnan.K
Independent
485
0.0%
Mohandass.M
Independent
355
0.0%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thirunavukkarasar. Su
Indian National Congress
621,285
60.1%
Dr.Elangovan. V
DMDK
161,999
15.7%
Sarubala. R. Thondaiman
Independent
100,818
9.8%
Vinoth. V
NTK
65,286
6.3%
Anandharaja. V
MNM
42,134
4.1%
Arunachalam. A
Independent
4,892
0.5%
Balamurugan. S
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,961
0.4%
Thirunavukarasu. S
Independent
3,669
0.4%
Sundrarajan.P
Independent
3,451
0.3%
Shadhik Batcha. A
Independent
3,376
0.3%
Asaithambi. P
CPI (ML) Liberation
2,685
0.3%
Gopalakrishnan. V
Independent
2,532
0.2%
Nachi. S
DUUK
2,368
0.2%
Chellaperumal.
Independent
2,241
0.2%
Karthik. K.M
Independent
2,136
0.2%
Pushparaj. K
Independent
1,604
0.2%
Vijayakumar. P
Independent
1,354
0.1%
Ganesan. P
TNIK
1,324
0.1%
Easudoss. S
ICF
1,303
0.1%
Ganesh. R
Independent
1,223
0.1%
Karuppaiah.C
Independent
1,218
0.1%
Jayaram Metha. S
Independent
1,159
0.1%
Durai Benjamin
Independent
876
0.1%
Kamaraj. K
Independent
731
0.1%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Tiruchirappalli has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1971. Parties that have won this seat over that span: Communist Party of India, DMK, Indian National Congress, Trinamool Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, MDMK, AIADMK.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Tiruchirappalli in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Thirunavukkarasar. Su (Indian National Congress) won Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, in 2019 with 621,285 votes (60.1%), a margin of 459,286 votes over Dr.Elangovan. V.
Which parties have won Tiruchirappalli since 1971?
Since 1971, Tiruchirappalli has been won by: AIADMK, Bharatiya Janata Party, Communist Party of India, DMK, Indian National Congress, MDMK, Trinamool Congress.
What was the closest result in Tiruchirappalli?
The closest result on record for Tiruchirappalli was 2009, when AIADMK beat Indian National Congress by just 4,335 votes (0.6 percentage points).