Salem West (state assembly constituency)

Salem (West)
Salem (West)
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
LS constituency	Salem
Total electors	2,99,605
Most successful party	AIADMK (2 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	Arul Ramadoss
Party	Pattali Makkal Katchi
Elected year	2021

Salem West is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu that was formed after the constituency delimitations of 2007. 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]

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

Elections[]

Year	Winner
2011	G. Venkatachalam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	G. Venkatachalam^[4]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	Arul Ramadoss	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 :
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	PMK	Arul Ramadoss	105,483	49.07%
	DMK	Rajendran. A	83,984	39.07%	2.77%
	NTK	Nagammal. S	10,668	4.96%	4.28%
	MNM	Thiyagarajan. A	7,939	3.69%
	DMDK	Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj	2,307	1.07%	-3.35%
	NOTA	Nota	1,683	0.78%	-0.75%
	DAMK	Vijayakumar. R	639	0.30%
		Karthikeyan. J	580	0.27%
	MIDP	Kathirvel. A	330	0.15%
	Independent	Thiyagarajan. M	315	0.15%
	BSP	Tamil Selvan. S	283	0.13%
Margin of victory			21,499	10.00%	6.42%
Turnout			2,14,945	71.74%	-2.91%
Rejected ballots			507	0.24%
Registered electors			2,99,605
	PMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	9.19%

2016[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election :
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Venkatachalam	80,755	39.88%	-16.62%
	DMK	Panneer Selvam. C.	73,508	36.30%	-3.91%
	PMK	Arul. R	29,982	14.81%
	DMDK	Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj	8,962	4.43%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	3,107	1.53%
	NTK	Rasa. A	1,374	0.68%
	KMDK	Venkatachalam. R	857	0.42%
	IJK	Hariharan. K. R	554	0.27%
	Independent	Pongali. K. S	490	0.24%
	Independent	Jeevanantham. M	460	0.23%
	Independent	Venkatachalam. G	380	0.19%
Margin of victory			7,247	3.58%	-12.71%
Turnout			2,02,478	74.66%	-5.26%
Registered electors			2,71,212
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-16.62%

2011[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election :
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	G. Venkatachalam	95,935	56.50%
	DMK	Rajendran. R	68,274	40.21%
	BJP	Elumalai. K. K.	1,327	0.78%
	APM	Annadurai. A	853	0.50%
	IJK	Balaji. K. R	796	0.47%
	Independent	Jeevanantham. M	603	0.36%
	Independent	Chandrasekaran. G	458	0.27%
	Independent	Sankar. P	458	0.27%
	BSP	Parameshwari. K	357	0.21%
	Independent	Srinivasan. G	246	0.14%
	Independent	Kulandaivel. E	225	0.13%
Margin of victory			27,661	16.29%	{{{change}}}
Turnout			2,12,454	79.92%
Registered electors			1,69,785
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References[]

^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
^ ^a ^b "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.

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[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.

[Final_notification-3] "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.

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