Salem (West) is an Assembly constituency in the Salem district, in the North region of Tamil Nadu.

The Salem (West) constituency went to polls on April 6, 2021.

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In the 2016 Assembly elections, Salem (West) was won by G Venkatachalam of AIADMK.

Before that, in the 2011 elections too, the seat was held by G Venkatachalam.

In the 2016 assembly polls, G Venkatachalam garnered 80,755 votes, securing over 39.88 percent of the vote share, and winning the seat by a margin of 7,247 votes.

In percentage terms, the victory margin was 3.58 percent.

The constituency polled 2,03,705 votes in the 2016 Tamil Nadu assembly polls with a voter turnout of 75.11 percent.

The Salem (West) constituency has a literacy level of 73.23 percent.

A total of 20 candidates stood in the 2016 elections.