Salem West Assembly constituency

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Salem (West)
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
Established2008
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 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. [2] 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. [3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Contents

Boundaries

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

YearWinnerParty
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)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PMK Arul Ramadas 105,483 49.07%
DMK A. Rajendran83,98439.07%2.77%
NTK S. Nagammal10,6684.96%4.28%
MNM A. Thiyagarajan7,9393.69%
DMDK Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj2,3071.07%−3.35%
NOTA Nota1,6830.78%−0.75%
Margin of victory21,49910.00%6.42%
Turnout 214,94571.74%−2.91%
Rejected ballots5070.24%
Registered electors 299,605
PMK gain from AIADMK Swing 9.19%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (West)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK G. Venkatachalam 80,755 39.88% −16.62%
DMK C. Panneer Selvam73,50836.30%−3.91%
PMK R. Arul29,98214.81%
DMDK Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj8,9624.43%
NOTA None Of The Above3,1071.53%
NTK A. Rasa1,3740.68%
Margin of victory7,2473.58%−12.71%
Turnout 202,47874.66%−5.26%
Registered electors 271,212
AIADMK hold Swing -16.62%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (West) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK G. Venkatachalam 95,935 56.50%
DMK R. Rajendran 68,27440.21%
BJP K. K. Elumalai1,3270.78%
APM A. Annadurai8530.50%
IJK K. R. Balaji7960.47%
Margin of victory27,66116.29%
Turnout 212,45479.92%
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. 1 2 "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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