Salem (West)
Constituency No. 88 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictSalem
LS constituencySalem
Total electors2,99,605[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  PMK
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 2007. 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.[2] 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.[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Boundaries

Salem West consists of the following parts in its limits:[3]

Elections

Year Winner Party
2011 G. Venkatachalam[4] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016
2021 Arul Ramadas Pattali Makkal Katchi

Election results

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

2021

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%
Rejected ballots 507 0.24%
Registered electors 299,605
PMK gain from AIADMK Swing 9.19%

2016

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

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Salem (West)[5]
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

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. ^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 88. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. ^ 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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