Salem North Assembly Constituency
Salem North or 'Salem (North)' is one of the 234 assembly constituencies in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 89. It was created in 2008 when the previous constituencies Salem I and Salem II, were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West. It is also a part of Salem Lok Sabha constituency.
Salem North was one of the 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.
Salem North consists of:
- Salem Municipal Corporation Wards - No.6 to 16 and 26 to 36
- Kannankurichi (Town Panchayat)
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
2011 | R. Mohan Raj | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |
2016 | R. Rajendran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2021 |
Election results
2021
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | R. Rajendran | 93,432 | 46.17 | +1.04 | |
AIADMK | G. Venkatachalam | 85,844 | 42.42 | +2.43 | |
MNM | R.S. Guru Chakravarthy | 10,718 | 5.3 | new | |
NTK | N. Imaya Eswaran | 8,155 | 4.03 | +3.01 | |
Majority | 7,588 | 3.74 | -1.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,98,896 | 72.06 | -0.06 | ||
Registered electors | 2,76,022 | ||||
DMK hold | Swing | +1.04 |
2016
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | R. Rajendran | 86,583 | 45.13 | n/a | |
AIADMK | K.R.S.Saravanan | 76,710 | 39.99 | n/a | |
PMK | Kathir. Raasaratinam | 7,975 | 4.16 | n/a | |
BJP | R.P.Gopinath | 5,922 | 3.08 | +0.55 | |
TMC(M) | R. Devadass | 4,157 | 2.16 | n/a | |
None of the Above | None of the Above | 4,009 | 2.09 | n/a | |
NTK | R. Kovendhan | 1,954 | 1.02 | n/a | |
Majority | 9,873 | 5.14 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 1,91,841 | 72.12 | -2.42 | ||
Registered electors | 2,65,999 | ||||
DMK gain from DMDK | Swing | n/a |
2011
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMDK | R. Mohan Raj | 88,956 | 54.46 | - | |
INC | G. Jayaprakash | 59,591 | 36.48 | - | |
UMK | C. Chinnusamy | 4,517 | 2.77 | - | |
BJP | D. Mohan | 4,133 | 2.53 | - | |
IJK | V. Venkatesan | 1,965 | 1.20 | - | |
Majority | 29,365 | 17.98 | n/a | ||
Turnout | 1,63,459 | 74.53 | - | ||
Registered electors | 219,327 | ||||
DMDK win (new seat) |