Salem West or 'Salem (West)' is a

state assembly State Assembly is the name given to various legislatures, especially lower houses or full legislatures in states in federal systems of government. Channel Islands States Assembly is the name of the legislature of the Bailiwick of Jersey. The Baili ...

constituency in the

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

n state of

Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...

that was formed after the constituency

delimitation Electoral boundary delimitation (or simply boundary delimitation or delimitation) is the drawing of boundaries of electoral precincts and related divisions involved in elections, such as Federated state, states, counties or other municipalities ...

s 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. It comprises portions of the

Omalur Omalur is a panchayat town in Salem district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is one of the 31 panchayat towns in the district, and the administrative seat of Omalur taluk. Spread across an area of , it had a population of 16,279 individual ...

and

Salem taluk Salem taluk is a taluk of Salem district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth larg ...

s. It is a part of the wider

Salem Lok Sabha constituency Salem is a parliamentary (Lok Sabha) constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 15 of 39. It includes 6 Assembly constituencies like Edappadi, Omalur, Salem North, Salem South, Salem West and Veerapand ...

for national elections to the

Parliament of India The Parliament of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Government of India, Government of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok ...

. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Boundaries

Salem West consists of the following parts in its limits: *

Omalur taluk Omalur taluk is a taluk of Salem district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth la ...

(part): Muthunaickenpatti, Chellapillaikuttai, Pagalpatti, Manguppai, Saminayakkanpatti, Kottagoundampatti, Anaigoundampatti, Vellakkalpatti, T. Konagapadi, Alagusamudram and Karukkalvadi villages. *

(part): **Sarkar Gollappatti, A. Ayyamperumalpatti, Chettichavadi, Kondappanayakkanpatti, M. Palapatti and Selathampatti villages. **Thalavaipatti (CT) and Mallamooppampatti (CT). **

Salem Municipal Corporation Salem City Municipal Corporation (SCMC) is a civic body that governs Salem city, Tamil Nadu, India. It consists of a legislative and an executive body. The legislative body is headed by the city mayor while the executive body is headed by a ...

Wards - No.1 to 5 and No.17 to 25

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2016

2011

References

{{coord, 11.67, 78.10, display=title Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu Salem district Government of Salem, Tamil Nadu Salem, Tamil Nadu Constituencies established in 2008 2008 establishments in Tamil Nadu