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Salem West is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu that was formed after the constituency delimitations of 2007. The previous constituencies—Salem I and Salem II—were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West.[1] It comprises portions of the Omalur and Salem taluks. It is a part of the wider Salem constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[2]

Boundaries

Salem West consists of the following parts in its limits:[2]

  • Omalur Taluk (part): Muthunaickenpatti, Chellapillaikuttai, Pagalpatti, Manguppai, Saminayakkanpatti, Kottagoundampatti, Anaigoundampatti, Vellakkalpatti, T.Konagapadi, Alagusamudram and Karukkalvadi villages.
  • Salem taluk (part):
    • Sarkar Gollappatti, A.Ayyamperumalpatti, Chettichavadi, Kondappanayakkanpatti, M. Palapatti and Selathampatti villages.
    • Thalavaipatti (CT) and Mallamooppampatti (CT).
    • Salem Municipal Corporation Wards - No.1 to 5 and No.17 to 25

Elections

Year Winner Party
2011 G. Venkatachalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 G. Venkatachalam[3] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 Arul Ramadoss Pattali Makkal Katchi

Election Results

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem West
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PMK Arul Ramadoss 1,05,483
DMK A. Rajendran 83,984
NTK Nagammal 10,668
Makkal Needhi Maiam Thiyagarajan 7,939
Majority
Turnout
PMK gain from AIADMK Swing

References

  1. ↑ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 88. Retrieved 27 May 2016.