Salem North Assembly constituency

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Salem (North)
Constituency No. 89 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
District Salem
Lok Sabha constituency Salem
Established2008
Total electors2,76,022 [1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2021

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. [3] It is also a part of Salem Lok Sabha constituency.

Contents

Salem North was one of the 17 Assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 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 the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberParty
2011 R. Mohan Raj Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 R. Rajendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

Election results

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

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK R. Rajendran 93,432 46.17 +1.04
AIADMK G. Venkatachalam85,84442.42+2.43
MNM R.S. Guru Chakravarthy10,7185.3new
NTK N. Imaya Eswaran8,1554.03+3.01
Majority 7,5883.74−1.4
Turnout 1,98,89672.06−0.06
Registered electors 2,76,022
DMK hold Swing +1.04

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK R. Rajendran86,58345.13n/a
AIADMK K.R.S.Saravanan76,71039.99n/a
PMK Kathir. Raasaratinam7,9754.16n/a
BJP R.P.Gopinath5,9223.08+0.55
TMC(M) R. Devadass4,1572.16n/a
None of the Above None of the Above4,0092.09n/a
NTK R. Kovendhan1,9541.02n/a
Majority 9,8735.14n/a
Turnout 1,91,84172.12−2.42
Registered electors 2,65,999
DMK gain from DMDK Swing n/a

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMDK R. Mohan Raj 88,95654.46
INC G. Jayaprakash59,59136.48
UMKC. Chinnusamy4,5172.77
BJP D. Mohan4,1332.53
IJK V. Venkatesan1,9651.20
Majority 29,36517.98n/a
Turnout 1,63,45974.53
Registered electors 219,327
DMDK win (new seat)

References

  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  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.

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