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Salem (West)
Constituency No. 88 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictSalem
Lok Sabha constituencySalem
Established2008
Total electors257,950
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  APMK
Elected year2021

Salem West or 'Salem (West)' is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu that was formed after the constituency delimitations of 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 88. 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 Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Boundaries[edit | edit source]

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

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

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

Election results[edit | edit source]

Vote share of winning candidates
2021
49.07%
2016
39.88%
2011
56.50%

2026[edit | edit source]

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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (West)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PMK M. Karthe
DMDK R. Mohanraj
APMK Arul Ramadas New
NTK R. Suresh Kumar
TVK S. Lakshmanan New
NOTA NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Registered electors 257950
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (West)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
PMK Arul Ramadas 105,483 49.07%
DMK A. Rajendran 83,984 39.07% 2.77%
NTK S. Nagammal 10,668 4.96% 4.28%
MNM A. Thiyagarajan 7,939 3.69%
DMDK Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj 2,307 1.07% −3.35%
NOTA Nota 1,683 0.78% −0.75%
Margin of victory 21,499 10.00% 6.42%
Turnout 214,945 71.74% −2.91%
Registered electors 299,605
PMK gain from AIADMK Swing 9.19%

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (West)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK G. Venkatachalam 80,755 39.88% −16.62%
DMK C. Panneer Selvam 73,508 36.30% −3.91%
PMK R. Arul 29,982 14.81%
DMDK Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj 8,962 4.43%
NOTA None Of The Above 3,107 1.53%
NTK A. Rasa 1,374 0.68%
Margin of victory 7,247 3.58% -12.71%
Turnout 202,478 74.66% −5.26%
Registered electors 271,212
AIADMK hold Swing -16.62%

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (West)[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK G. Venkatachalam 95,935 56.50%
DMK R. Rajendran 68,274 40.21%
BJP K. K. Elumalai 1,327 0.78%
APM A. Annadurai 853 0.50%
IJK K. R. Balaji 796 0.47%
Margin of victory 27,661 16.29%
Turnout 212,454 79.92%
Registered electors 169,785
AIADMK win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  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.
  4. Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.

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