Salem South (State Assembly Constituency)
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. 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.
Demographics
| 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 |
Elections
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | M. K. Selvaraju | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | A. B. Sakthivel | ||
| 2021 | E. Balasubramanian | ||
Election Results
2021
| 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% | |||
2016
| 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% | |||
2011
| 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) | |||||
References
- ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
- ^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ Nakeeran (2019). "சேலம் தொகுதி யாருக்கு".
- ^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 90. Retrieved 27 May 2016.