Erode West or 'Erode (West)' is a state assembly constituency of

Erode Erode () is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Erode is the seventh largest urban agglomeration in the state, after Chennai, Coimbatore, Madurai, Tiruchirapalli, Tiruppur and Salem. It is also the administrative headquarters of the E ...

City in Erode District in the state of

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. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 99. It consists of portions of the

Perundurai Perundurai is a Special Grade Town Panchayat in Erode district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Perundurai is the only special grade town panchayat among 42 in the district. Perundurai has developed as the industrial center with SIPCOT Indus ...

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Erode taluk Erode taluk is a taluk of Erode district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The headquarters of the taluk is the town of Erode. In 2016, Erode Taluk has been trifurcated into Erode, Modakurichi and Kodumudi. It falls under Erode Revenue Divisi ...

s. It is included in Erode Parliamentary Constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu. This constituency was newly formed, in the year of 2008, by dividing the integrated Erode Assembly Constituency. Erode West was one of 17 assembly constituencies to have

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facility with EVMs in

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Boundaries

It covers the western part of Erode City Corporation to the

constituency limit on the west and

Modakurichi Modakurichi is a Panchayat town and Taluk headquarters in Erode district in the Indian States and territories of India, state of Tamil Nadu. It is located as a suburb of Erode City, at a distance of 15 km from Erode City Central Bus Termin ...

Constituency limit on the south; a part of the city is also covered by these two constituencies. Also

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constituency covers some part of the city in the north.

Demographics

The constituency has a significant number of

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, Nadar and Adi Dravida communities.

Members of assembly

Elected members from this constituency are as follows,

Election results

2021

2016

2011

References

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