Salem South (state assembly constituency)

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Salem (South)
Constituency for the State Assembly
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Constituency details
State Tamil Nadu
District Salem
LS constituency Salem
Total electors2,60,372 [1]
Most successful party AIADMK (3 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAE. Balasubramanian
Party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year2021

Salem South is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu that was formed after the constituency delimitations of 2007. The previous constituencies - Salem I and Salem II - were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West. [2]

Contents

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]

Demographics

Demographics
CategoryData
Created2016
Vanniyar30%
Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliyar35%
Kannada/Telugu Devangar15%
Adi Dravida7%
Sourashtra Chetty05%
Others8%
Total Electorate2,63,233

[4]

Elections

YearWinnerParty
2011 M. K. Selvaraju All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 A. B. Sakthivel Mudaliar [5] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
49.22%
2016
51.39%
2011
64.97%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Salem (South)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK E. Balasubramanian 97,506 49.22% -2.18%
DMK A. S. Saravanan74,89737.80%1.80%
MNM M. Prabu Manikandan10,3685.23%
NTK S. Mariamma10,1765.14%4.23%
AMMK Se. Venkatajalam2,9701.50%
NOTA Nota1,8600.94%-1.14%
BSP S. Murali4000.20%-0.04%
Independent R. Sundaram3110.16%
Independent B. Devi2240.11%
Independent K. Selvaraj2100.11%
Independent Samundeswari. V1490.08%
Margin of victory22,60911.41%-3.98%
Turnout 1,98,12276.09%0.92%
Rejected ballots1840.09%
Registered electors 2,60,372
AIADMK hold Swing -2.18%


2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Salem (South)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK Sakthivel A B 101,696 51.39% -13.57%
DMK Gunasekaran M71,24336.00%5.75%
PMK Kumar K6,3253.20%
BJP Annadurai N4,6862.37%1.00%
NOTA None Of The Above4,1212.08%
VCK Jayachandran G3,9832.01%
NTK Prema B1,7880.90%
Independent Raja S8200.41%
Independent Jayaraj S5490.28%
KMDK Elango R C4700.24%
BSP Solarajan M4690.24%-0.11%
Margin of victory30,45315.39%-19.32%
Turnout 1,97,88975.18%-3.69%
Registered electors 2,63,233
AIADMK hold Swing -13.57%


2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election  : Salem (South)
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK Selvaraju. M. K. 112,691 64.97%
DMK Sivalingam. S. R.52,47630.25%
BJP Annadurai. N2,3771.37%
UCPI Mahalingam. N2,3251.34%
IJK Sivanandham. M. R6220.36%
BSP Pandiyan. R6000.35%
Independent Balakrishnan. P4620.27%
Independent Shahjahan. M. A.4230.24%
Independent Janakiraman. J3950.23%
Independent Kalaicheliyan. K2870.17%
LSWP Viswanathan. G2790.16%
Margin of victory60,21534.71%{{{change}}}
Turnout 2,19,94978.87%
Registered electors 1,73,464
AIADMK win (new seat)

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References

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