| Salem (West) | |
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| Constituency No. 88 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Salem |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Salem |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 2,58,040 |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent Lakshmanan.S | |
| Party | TVK |
| Elected year | 2026 |
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
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
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | G. Venkatachalam[3] | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | |||
| 2021 | Arul Ramadas | Pattali Makkal Katchi | |
| 2026 | Lakshmanan.S | Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam | |
Election results
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TVK | Lakshmanan.S | 120,407 | 51.37 | New | |
| PMK | Karthe.M | 45,540 | 19.43 |  29.64 | |
| DMDK | Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj | 41,522 | 17.71 |  16.64 | |
| Aanaithinthiya Jananayaka Pathukappu Kazhagam | Arul Ramadas | 12,532 | 5.35 | New | |
| NTK | Suresh Kumar.R | 6,820 | 2.91 | 2.05 | |
| NOTA | NOTA | 1,052 | 0.45 | 0.33 | |
| TVK | Raj Kumar.G | 636 | 0.27 | New | |
| Independent | Er. Prabakaran.S | 613 | 0.26 | New | |
| Vishwa Tamil Kazhagam | Prabu.K | 404 | 0.17 | New | |
| BSP | Gunasekaran.R | 395 | 0.17 | New | |
| Independent | Bharath.S | 395 | 0.17 | New | |
| Independent | Chandrasekaran.G | 393 | 0.17 | New | |
| Independent | Velmanikandan.S | 369 | 0.16 | New | |
| Independent | Srisabarinathan | 359 | 0.15 | New | |
| Independent | Amirthalingam.N | 318 | 0.14 | New | |
| Independent | Arul.P | 301 | 0.13 | New | |
| Independent | Kumar.A.P | 263 | 0.11 | New | |
| Independent | Karthick.M | 243 | 0.10 | New | |
| Independent | Arul.D | 239 | 0.10 | New | |
| Independent | Manohar.C | 214 | 0.09 | New | |
| Independent | Thiyagarajan.M | 184 | 0.08 | New | |
| Independent | Perumal.A | 181 | 0.08 | New | |
| Independent | Selvam.R | 147 | 0.06 | New | |
| Independent | Radhakrishnan.R | 137 | 0.06 | New | |
| Independent | Bharanitharan.D.K | 118 | 0.05 | New | |
| Independent | Vijayakumar.S | 111 | 0.05 | New | |
| Independent | Arul.T | 108 | 0.05 | New | |
| Independent | Karthick.R | 91 | 0.04 | New | |
| Independent | Mohan Raj.R | 88 | 0.04 | New | |
| Independent | Arul.S | 85 | 0.04 | New | |
| Independent | Dhanapal | 74 | 0.03 | New | |
| Independent | Panneerselvam.P | 68 | 0.03 | New | |
| Margin of victory | 74,867 | 31.94 | 21.94 | ||
| Turnout | 2,43,779 | 94.47 | 22.73 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,58,040 | 41,565 | |||
| TVK gain from PMK | Swing | 51.37 |
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2021
| 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% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 507 | 0.24% | |||
| Registered electors | 299,605 | ||||
| PMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | 9.19% | |||
2016
| 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
| 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
- "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
- "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 88. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- 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.