Salem South Assembly constituency

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Salem (South)
Constituency No. 90 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 electors2,60,372 [1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Elected year2021

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 2008. 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. [2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

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Salem South comprises Salem Municipal Corporation Wards No. 37 to 60. It is a part of the wider Salem Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India. [3]

Demographics

Demographics
CategoryData
Created2016
Sourashtra Chetty/Devanga Chettiar32%
Sozhiya Velalar / Pillaimar30%
Mudliyar20%
Vanniyar10%
Adi Dravida5.5%
Others2.5%
Total Electorate2,63,233

[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

YearWinnerParty
2011 M. K. Selvaraju All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 A. B. Sakthivel [5]
2021 E. Balasubramanian

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%
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%
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%
Margin of victory60,21534.71%{{{change}}}
Turnout 2,19,94978.87%
Registered electors 1,73,464
AIADMK 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. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  4. Nakeeran (2019). "சேலம் தொகுதி யாருக்கு".
  5. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 90. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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