| Salem (South) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 90 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Salem |
| LS constituency | Salem |
| Total electors | 2,60,372[1] |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Salem South or 'Salem (South)' is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu that was formed after the constituency delimitations of 2007. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 90. The previous constituencies - Salem I and Salem II - were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West.[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Salem South comprises Salem Municipal Corporation Wards No. 37 to 60. It is a part of the wider Salem constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3]
| Category | Data |
|---|---|
| Created | 2016 |
| Vanniyar | 30% |
| Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliyar | 35% |
| Kannada/Telugu Devangar | 15% |
| Adi Dravida | 7% |
| Sourashtra Chetty | 05% |
| Others | 8% |
| Total Electorate | 2,63,233 |
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | M. K. Selvaraju | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | A. B. Sakthivel[5] | ||
| 2021 | E. Balasubramanian | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | E. Balasubramanian | 97,506 | 49.22% | −2.18% | |
| DMK | A. S. Saravanan | 74,897 | 37.80% | 1.80% | |
| MNM | M. Prabu Manikandan | 10,368 | 5.23% | ||
| NTK | S. Mariamma | 10,176 | 5.14% | 4.23% | |
| AMMK | Se. Venkatajalam | 2,970 | 1.50% | ||
| NOTA | Nota | 1,860 | 0.94% | −1.14% | |
| Margin of victory | 22,609 | 11.41% | −3.98% | ||
| Turnout | 1,98,122 | 76.09% | 0.92% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 184 | 0.09% | |||
| Registered electors | 2,60,372 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -2.18% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Sakthivel A B | 101,696 | 51.39% | −13.57% | |
| DMK | Gunasekaran M | 71,243 | 36.00% | 5.75% | |
| PMK | Kumar K | 6,325 | 3.20% | ||
| BJP | Annadurai N | 4,686 | 2.37% | 1.00% | |
| NOTA | None Of The Above | 4,121 | 2.08% | ||
| VCK | Jayachandran G | 3,983 | 2.01% | ||
| NTK | Prema B | 1,788 | 0.90% | ||
| Margin of victory | 30,453 | 15.39% | −19.32% | ||
| Turnout | 1,97,889 | 75.18% | −3.69% | ||
| Registered electors | 2,63,233 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | -13.57% | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Selvaraju. M. K. | 112,691 | 64.97% | ||
| DMK | Sivalingam. S. R. | 52,476 | 30.25% | ||
| BJP | Annadurai. N | 2,377 | 1.37% | ||
| UCPI | Mahalingam. N | 2,325 | 1.34% | ||
| Margin of victory | 60,215 | 34.71% | {{{change}}} | ||
| Turnout | 2,19,949 | 78.87% | |||
| Registered electors | 1,73,464 | ||||
| AIADMK win (new seat) | |||||
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