SALEM (WEST)
Assembly seat no. 88 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2011.
Winner, 2026
Lakshmanan.s
TVK
Elections held
4
2011–2026
Most successful party
ADMK
won 2 of 4
Margin, 2026
74,867
31.94% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
PMKKarthe.m
- Votes
- 45,540
- Vote share
- 19.43%
- Behind by
- 74,867
Electors
2,58,040
Total votes polled
2,34,407
Valid votes
2,34,407
NOTA votes
1,052
0.45% of votes polled
Turnout
90.8%
Full result, 2026
31 candidates · 2,34,407 valid votes
Lakshmanan.sTVKwon
1,20,407
51.4%
Karthe.mPMK
45,540
19.4%
Alagaapuram. R. MohanrajDMDK
41,522
17.7%
Arul RamadasAJPK
12,532
5.3%
Suresh Kumar.rNTK
6,820
2.9%
Raj Kumar .gTAVK
636
0.3%
Er.prabakaran.sIND
613
0.3%
Prabu .kVSHWTMLK
404
0.2%
Gunasekaran .rBSP
395
0.2%
Bharath.sIND
395
0.2%
Chandrasekaran.gIND
393
0.2%
Velmanikandan. SIND
369
0.2%
Showing the top 12 of 31. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 4 of 4 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lakshmanan.s | TVK | 1,20,407 | 51.37% | Karthe.m | 74,867 |
| 2021 | ARUL. R | PMK | 1,05,483 | 48.69% | RAJENDRAN. A | 21,499 |
| 2016 | VENKATACHALAM.G | ADMK | 80,755 | 39.88% | PANNEER SELVAM.C. | 7,247 |
| 2011 | VENKATACHALAM.G | ADMK | 95,935 | 56.50% | RAJENDRAN.R | 27,661 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above