Salem (West)
S. Lakshman (TVK) is the MLA for Salem (West).
TVK took the seat from PMK in 2026.
In 2026 S. Lakshman won with 51.4% of the vote, 74,867 votes ahead of M. Karthe (PMK).
Salem (West) is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 2 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Salem
- Area
- about 86 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 72.3%
- Seats sharing a border
- Omalur · Salem (North) · Sankari · Veerapandi · Yercaud
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK S. Lakshman | 120,407 · 51.4% | PMK M. Karthe | 45,540 · 19.4% | 74,867 (31.9 pts) |
| 2021 | PMK Arul Ramadas | 105,483 · 48.7% | DMK A. Rajendran | 83,984 · 38.8% | 21,499 (9.9 pts) |
| 2016 | ADMK Venkatachalam.G | 80,755 · 39.9% | DMK Panneer Selvam.C. | 73,508 · 36.3% | 7,247 (3.6 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK G. Venkatachalam | 95,935 · 56.5% | DMK R. Rajendran | 68,274 · 40.2% | 27,661 (16.3 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Salem district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 31 August (240 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Salem (West)paler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Salem (West) itself is named in 2 of the district's 1,878 mentions (0.1%). The seat is too small to chart alone, so this is the district's picture.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Salem district, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Salem district
Salem| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gangavalli | ADMK | 7.3 | 0 |
| Attur | ADMK | 7.4 | 3 |
| Yercaud | ADMK | 0.9 | 10 |
| Omalur | ADMK | 5.4 | 12 |
| Mettur | ADMK | 8.3 | 78 |
| Edappadi | ADMK | 38.0 | 37 |
| Sankari | ADMK | 3.9 | 0 |
| Salem (West) | TVK | 31.9 | 0 |
| Salem (North) | TVK | 6.7 | 1 |
| Salem (South) | TVK | 16.1 | 0 |
| Veerapandi | TVK | 1.7 | 124 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Latest from Salem district: no recent headline names Salem (West)
- அரசு ஊழியரைப் பணிநீக்கம் செய்வது மரண தண்டனைக்குச் சமமானது.. சேலம் பல்கலை வழக்கில் உச்ச நீதிமன்றம்Tamil originalOneindia Tamil
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.