Salem West Assembly constituency

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.

Salem (West)
Constituency No. 88 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Lok Sabha constituency	Salem
Established	2008
Total electors	2,99,605[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Arul Ramadoss
Party	PMK
Elected year	2021

Boundaries

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

• 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[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)