Salem West

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.[1] 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.[2]

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

Elections

Year	Winner	Party
2011	G. Venkatachalam	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	G. Venkatachalam[3]	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

References

1. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
2. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
3. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 88. Retrieved 27 May 2016.