Tiruchirappalli (East)
Vijay wins Tiruchirappalli East — TVK chief's second seat by 27,416 votes
C. Joseph Vijay took Tiruchirappalli East from sitting DMK MLA S. Inigo Irudayaraj by 27,416 votes — his second assembly mandate of TN 2026, alongside Perambur. Under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, an MLA cannot hold two seats; Vijay must resign one within 14 days of being sworn in, triggering a by-election in the seat he gives up. Trichy East has flipped every cycle since the 2008 delimitation: DMK 2006, AIADMK 2011 and 2016, DMK 2021, TVK 2026 — no incumbent has held the seat twice in this era.
Top 5 candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C. JOSEPH VIJAY | TVK | 91,381 | 50.75% |
| 2 | S. INIGO IRUDAYARAJ | DMK | 63,965 | 35.53% |
| 3 | G. RAJASEKARAN | AIADMK | 19,715 | 10.95% |
| 4 | DR.KRISHNASAMY .V | NTK | 4,790 | 2.66% |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 514 | 0.29% |
Postal ballot breakdown
Postal-ballot leader differs from overall winner. DMK S. INIGO IRUDAYARAJ led postal ballots (1,106), but TVK C. JOSEPH VIJAY won the seat overall (91,381).
| # | Candidate | Party | Postal votes | EVM votes | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. INIGO IRUDAYARAJ | DMK | 1,106 | 62,859 | 63,965 |
| 2 | C. JOSEPH VIJAY | TVK | 950 | 90,431 | 91,381 |
| 3 | G. RAJASEKARAN | AIADMK | 278 | 19,437 | 19,715 |
| 4 | DR.KRISHNASAMY .V | NTK | 65 | 4,725 | 4,790 |
| 5 | NOTA | NOTA | 16 | 498 | 514 |
Source: Election Commission of India · Form 20 data via results.eci.gov.in
How this seat compares
- Among the highest winner shares in TN 2026 — 50.8% of polled votes.
- Won by C. Joseph Vijay, TVK's founder. One of two seats he carried — he'll have to give up one.
Past results
Verified winners and runners-up across the last five elections, with the major alliance partners each side fielded.
The 2006 entry is for Tiruchirappalli – II, the pre-delimitation predecessor; the 2008 delimitation redrew the seat as Tiruchirappalli (East). Every election since 2008 has flipped the seat — no MLA has won it twice in the delimited era. K. N. Nehru shifted to the new Tiruchirappalli (West) constituency post-delimitation.
About Tiruchirappalli East
Tiruchirappalli (East) is an assembly constituency on the eastern flank of Trichy city, covering parts of Cantonment, Khaja Nagar, and the run-up to the Cauvery–Kollidam island that holds Srirangam. It was created by the 2008 delimitation, redrawn from the older Tiruchirappalli – II seat. The constituency has been a bellwether — flipping every election since 2008, with no MLA holding it twice in the delimited era. K. N. Nehru (DMK), the long-serving Trichy strongman, held the predecessor seat in 2006 before shifting to Tiruchirappalli West.
Trichy East & Srirangam
Trichy East is where the Cauvery splits and the temple towns begin — Srirangam's island holds the world's largest functioning Hindu temple, Thiruvanaikaval the Jambukeswarar water-lingam, and the Mukkombu barrage offers a breezy Cauvery–Kollidam picnic. Skip Rockfort for once and walk the Amma Mandapam ghats at dawn, then drive out to Anbil for unbothered Chola stonework and Vayalur for the six-tank Murugan shrine.
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