Salem North (state assembly constituency)

Salem (North)
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
LS constituency	Salem
Total electors	2,76,022 [1]
Most successful party	DMK (2 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLA	R. Rajendran [2]
Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year	2021

Salem North is one of the 234 assembly constituencies in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. It was created in 2008 when the previous constituencies Salem I and Salem II, were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West. ^[3] 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. ^{[4] [5]}

Salem North consists of:

1. Salem Municipal Corporation Wards - No.6 to 16 and 26 to 36
2. Kannankurichi (Town Panchayat)

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2011	R. Mohan Raj		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	R. Rajendran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	R. Rajendran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			46.52%
2016			45.14%
2011			54.46%

2021 results

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North

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
	AMMK	C. Natarajan	805	0.4	new
	NPP	M.P.Panneer Selvam	345	0.17	n/a
	BSP	S. Velan	300	0.15	+0.1
	Independent	A.Rameshkumar	213	0.11	n/a
	Independent	R.Palanismy	208	0.1	n/a
	Independent	S.Rajasekar	177	0.09	n/a
	Independent	N.Devaraj	167	0.08	n/a
		M.Ahamed Shahjahan	96	0.05	n/a
	Independent	M.Shanmuga Sundaram	73	0.04	n/a
	Independent	R.Senthilkumar	63	0.03	n/a
	API	Vaathiar C. Murugan	55	0.03	n/a
	Independent	M.R.Nawazudieen	50	0.02	n/a
	Independent	T.Vijaya Raj	45	0.02	n/a
	Independent	P.Ramachandran	27	0.01	n/a
		D.Murali	25	0.01	n/a
	None of the Above	None of the Above	1,539	0.76	-1.33
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 results

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North

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	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 results

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North

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)

References

1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
2. "Salem (North) Assembly Election Results 2021" . Retrieved 2 May 2021.
3. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu.
4. "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016.
5. "VVPAT ballot units arrive in Salem". The Hindu. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

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