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Omalur Assembly constituency

constituency of the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in India

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 9, 2026
Entity authorityQ7089519
Source-derived summary

Omalur is a state assembly constituency in Salem district of Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 84. It comprises a portion of Omalur taluk and forms a part of the wider Salem Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. This constituency was temporarily defunct during the elections in 1957 and 1962.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Tamil Nadu

Election results

2026

2021

2016

2011

2006

2001

1996

1991

1989

1984

1980

1977

1971

1967

1952

References

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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