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Assembly constituency 88 · Tamil Nadu

Salem (west) is assembly constituency number 88 in Tamil Nadu, in Salem district, and one of the segments of the Salem Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Lakshmanan.s of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 51.4% of the vote, 74,867 votes ahead of Karthe.m (PMK).

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Salem (west) · 2026AC 88
  1. 01
    Lakshmanan.s
    TVK
    1,20,407
    51.37%
  2. 02
    Karthe.m
    PMK
    45,540
    19.43%
  3. 03
    Alagaapuram. R. Mohanraj
    DMDK
    41,522
    17.71%
  4. 04
    Arul Ramadas
    AJPK
    12,532
    5.35%
  5. 05
    Suresh Kumar.r
    NTK
    6,820
    2.91%
  6. 26 other candidates · 6,534 votesNOTA · 1,052 (0.45%)

Margin 74,867 votes · 31.94% of valid votes

2,58,040
Registered electors
2026 election
91.0%
Turnout
+18.2 pts vs 2021
74,867
Victory margin
31.9% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 31 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,34,407 valid votes, NOTA included.

Salem (west) 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Lakshmanan.sMale · 58 yrsTVK1,20,407
51.37%
2Karthe.mMale · 58 yrsPMK45,540
19.43%
3Alagaapuram. R. MohanrajMale · 72 yrsDMDK41,522
17.71%
4Arul RamadasMale · 54 yrsAJPK12,532
5.35%
5Suresh Kumar.rMale · 40 yrsNTK6,820
2.91%
—NOTANOTA1,052
0.45%
6Raj Kumar .gMale · 44 yrstavk636
0.27%
7Er.prabakaran.sMale · 55 yrsIndependent613
0.26%
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8Prabu .kMale · 44 yrsVSHWTMLK404
0.17%
9Gunasekaran .rMale · 30 yrs · SCBSP395
0.17%
10Bharath.sMale · 28 yrsIndependent395
0.17%
11Chandrasekaran.gMale · 43 yrsIndependent393
0.17%
12Velmanikandan. SMale · 40 yrsIndependent369
0.16%
13SrisabarinathanMale · 43 yrsIndependent359
0.15%
14Amirthalingam.nMale · 40 yrsIndependent318
0.14%
15Arul.pMale · 41 yrsIndependent301
0.13%
16Kumar.a.pMale · 51 yrsIndependent263
0.11%
17Karthick.mMale · 27 yrs · SCIndependent243
0.10%
18Arul.dMale · 46 yrsIndependent239
0.10%
19Manohar.cMale · 52 yrsIndependent214
0.09%
20Thiyagarajan.mMale · 42 yrsIndependent184
0.08%
21Perumal. AMale · 72 yrsIndependent181
0.08%
22Selvam.rMale · 56 yrs · SCIndependent147
0.06%
23Radhakrishnan. RMale · 62 yrsIndependent137
0.06%
24Bharanitharan.d.kMale · 43 yrsIndependent118
0.05%
25Vijayakumar. SMale · 32 yrsIndependent111
0.05%
26Arul. TMale · 27 yrsIndependent108
0.05%
27Karthick.rMale · 26 yrsIndependent91
0.04%
28Mohan Raj. RMale · 30 yrsIndependent88
0.04%
29Arul .sMale · 31 yrsIndependent85
0.04%
30DhanapalMale · 76 yrsIndependent74
0.03%
31Panneerselvam.pMale · 44 yrsIndependent68
0.03%
Past results

The seat changed hands: PMK won in 2021, TVK in 2026.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026TVK 51.4%PMK 19.4%DMDK 17.7%DMK 38.8%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Lakshmanan.sTVK · 51.4% · margin 74,867Turnout91.0%
2021Arul. RPMK · 48.7% · margin 21,499Turnout72.8%
2016Venkatachalam.gAIADMK · 39.9% · margin 7,247Turnout75.1%
2011Venkatachalam.gAIADMK · 56.5% · margin 27,661Turnout79.9%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Salem (west) result 2021

Salem (west) 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Arul. RPMK1,05,483
48.69%
2Rajendran. ADMK83,984
38.77%
3Nagammal. SNTK10,668
4.92%
4Thiyagarajan. AMNM7,939
3.66%
5Alagaapuram R. MohanrajDMDK2,307
1.06%
—NOTANOTA1,683
0.78%
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6Vijayakumar. RDAMK639
0.29%
7Karthikeyan. JTNLK580
0.27%
8Kathirvel. AMIDP330
0.15%
9Thiyagarajan. MIndependent315
0.15%
10Tamil Selvan. SBSP283
0.13%
11Sarathkumar. SIndependent241
0.11%
12Kathavarayan. SIndependent232
0.11%
13Sivaraman. SIndependent222
0.10%
14Gopi. MIndependent211
0.10%
15Chandrasekaran. GIndependent191
0.09%
16Muthusamy. RTMTHK164
0.08%
17Rajendiran. BIndependent132
0.06%
18Jeevanantham. MIndependent129
0.06%
19Ramkumar. RIndependent128
0.06%
20Marimuthu. MIndependent120
0.06%
21Inbaraj. AIndependent110
0.05%
22Natarajan. CIndependent105
0.05%
23Senthilkumar. AAMPK99
0.05%
24Sabbapathi. MIndependent93
0.04%
25Murugan. AIndependent79
0.04%
26Gopinath. RIndependent68
0.03%
27Mayakannan. MIndependent57
0.03%
28Balaji. DIndependent36
0.02%

Salem (west) result 2016

Salem (west) 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Venkatachalam.gAIADMK80,755
39.88%
2Panneer Selvam.c.DMK73,508
36.30%
3Arul.rPMK29,982
14.81%
4Alagaapuram R. MohanrajDMDK8,962
4.43%
—NOTANOTA3,107
1.53%
5Rasa.aNTK1,374
0.68%
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6Venkatachalam.rKMDK857
0.42%
7Hariharan.k.rIJK554
0.27%
8Pongali.k.sIndependent490
0.24%
9Jeevanantham.mIndependent460
0.23%
10Venkatachalam.gIndependent380
0.19%
11Veerakumar.pIndependent355
0.18%
12Panneerselvam.nIndependent318
0.16%
13Rajashegaran. S.k.rIndependent311
0.15%
14Balamurugan.gRPI(A)266
0.13%
15Ramachandran.pIndependent219
0.11%
16Sakthivel.jIndependent175
0.09%
17Arivazhagan.pVTK172
0.08%
18Selvakumar.dIndependent139
0.07%
19Chitra .sIndependent94
0.05%

Salem (west) result 2011

Salem (west) 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Venkatachalam.gAIADMK95,935
56.50%
2Rajendran.rDMK68,274
40.21%
3Elumalai.k.k.BJP1,327
0.78%
4Annadurai.aAPM853
0.50%
5Balaji.k.rIJK796
0.47%
6Jeevanantham.mIndependent603
0.36%
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7Chandrasekaran.gIndependent458
0.27%
8Sankar.pIndependent458
0.27%
9Parameshwari.kBSP357
0.21%
10Srinivasan.gIndependent246
0.14%
11Kulandaivel.eIndependent225
0.13%
12Arulmurugan.gIndependent135
0.08%
13Kamalakkannan.sIndependent118
0.07%
Map

Salem (west) outlined in orange among the other Tamil Nadu seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Salem district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

TVKDMKAIADMKINCPMKVCKOthers
Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Salem (west) is one of the assembly segments of Salem. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Salem candidates.

  • Selvaganapathi T MDMK95,935 45.9%
  • Vignesh PAIADMK73,947 35.4%
  • Annadurai NPMK22,516 10.8%
  • Dr Manojkumar GNTK12,752 6.1%
  • Bhalaji MIndependent479 0.2%

In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 21,988 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Salem (west).

Who won the Salem (west) assembly seat in 2026?

Lakshmanan.s of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Salem (west) in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 1,20,407 votes, which was 51.37% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Salem (west)?

The margin was 74,867 votes (31.94% of valid votes). The runner-up was Karthe.m of the Pattali Makkal Katchi with 45,540 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Salem (west) in 2026?

Turnout was 90.99%: 2,34,789 of 2,58,040 registered electors voted, across 310 polling stations. That is 18.2 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Salem (west) part of?

Salem (west) is an assembly segment of the Salem Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Selvaganapathi T M got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Salem (west) a reserved constituency?

No. Salem (west) is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Salem (west)?

The Tamil Nadu assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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