Salem – II Assembly constituency

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Salem-II
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
District Salem
LS constituency Salem
Established1951
Abolished2008
ReservationNone

Salem-II is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.

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History

Until 2008, the city of Salem was part of the Salem I and Salem II assembly constituencies. Since 1977, the ADMK won the Salem II assembly seat three times (1980, 1984 and 1991) and the DMK also won three times (1989, 1996 and 2006); the Janata Party (JP) won in 1977 and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) won in 2001. [1]

The constituencies of Salem were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West in 2008. [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearWinnerParty
Madras State
1951 C. Lakshma Kandan Indian National Congress
1957 A. Rathnavel Gounder Indian National Congress
1962 A. Rathnavel Gounder Indian National Congress
1967 E. R. Krishnan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu
1971 K. Rajaram Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 M. Arumugam Janata Party
1980 M. Arumugam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 Arumugam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 S. Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 M. Natesan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 A. L. Thangavel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 M. Karthe Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006 S. Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Veerapandy S. Arumugam 85,348 47.27%
MDMK Sureshkumar R70,60539.11%
DMDK Gnanasekaran K V20,02611.09%
BJP Anandhan P T1,5740.87%
BSP Ponnusamy V6680.37%
Independent Sreedhar N5100.28%
Margin of victory14,7438.17%−4.97%
Turnout 180,54572.20%11.79%
DMK gain from PMK Swing -6.98%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
PMK Karthe M.62,30654.25%
DMK A. L. Thangavel 47,22141.11%
MDMK G.Arjunam2,0301.77%
Independent Sethuraman.K.7970.69%
Independent Venkatachalam.S.V.6400.56%
BSP Ponnusamy.V.4970.43%
Margin of victory15,08513.13%−6.25%
Turnout 114,85560.41%−7.39%
PMK gain from DMK Swing 9.42%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK A. L. Thangavel 63,58844.83%
AIADMK Semmalai. S.36,09725.45%
AIIC(T) Mohanraj. R.10,7947.61%
BJP Vennira Aadai Nirmala (Selvi)1,9971.41%
MDMK Thamarai Kannan. K.S.V.1,7191.21%
Independent Krishnan. K.3310.23%
Margin of victory27,49119.38%−18.74%
Turnout 141,85667.8%9.51%
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -19.08%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK Natesan M.66,90463.90%
DMK Arumugam S.26,99725.79%
PMK Manickam K.9,1708.76%
JP Nallahambi M.M.4170.40%
Independent Ariyan K.P.1510.14%
Independent Ramasamy M.1310.13%
Margin of victory39,90738.12%18.19%
Turnout 104,69558.29%−8.83%
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 20.38%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Arumugam. S.M45,35843.52%
AIADMK(JL)Natesan. M.M24,59323.60%
INC Rajendran. U.M22,75521.83%
AIADMK(JR)Rajaram. K.M10,1789.77%
Independent Murali. M.M3480.33%
Independent Balakrishnan. K.P.M2080.20%
Margin of victory20,76519.92%11.20%
Turnout 104,22067.12%−5.10%
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -10.27%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK Arumugam49,33953.79%
DMK Arumugam S.41,33345.07%
Independent Thiyagarajan. K.S.2240.24%
Independent Kandasamy. C.2080.23%
Independent Jayaprakasam. S.1500.16%
Independent Palanivel. K.1480.16%
Margin of victory8,0068.73%2.76%
Turnout 91,71872.22%7.15%
AIADMK hold Swing 2.22%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK Arumugam. M40,97551.57%
INC Anbalagan. K36,23545.61%
JP Solai-Erusan1,5942.01%
Independent Seerangan. M4460.56%
Independent Dhanamannar. M2000.25%
Margin of victory4,7405.97%3.13%
Turnout 79,45065.07%12.17%
AIADMK gain from JP Swing 21.21%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
JP M. Arumugam22,63630.36%
DMK K.A. Thangavelu20,52327.53%
CPI(M) K.S. Arthanari19,17325.71%
CPI K.V. Ramaswamy9,73113.05%
Margin of victory2,1132.83%−4.71%
Turnout 74,56152.9%−19.00%
JP gain from DMK Swing -22.41%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK Rajaram37,15252.77%
INC R.Ramakrishnan31,84445.23%
Independent S. Natarajan7981.13%
ABJS S. S.Rama Rao6080.86%
Margin of victory5,3087.54%−9.65%
Turnout 70,40271.9%−6.15%
DMK hold Swing -5.23%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK E. R. Krishnan 38,78158.00%
INC A. R. Gounder27,28540.81%
ABJS S. S. R. Rao7991.19%
Margin of victory11,49617.19%2.61%
Turnout 66,86578.05%4.01%
DMK gain from INC Swing 14.91%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC A.Rathanavel Gounder28,81143.09%
CPI S.M.Ramiah19,97629.88%
SWA M.Muthusami10,93516.35%
Independent M.Chockalingam8521.27%
Margin of victory8,83514.59%−9.51%
Turnout 60,57474.04%25.38%
INC hold Swing 13.54%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem II [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC A.Rathnavel Gounder19,75529.54%
CPI S.M.Ramiah11,02316.49%
Independent Thiruvengadam2,2983.44%
Independent S.Ariaputhran2,2823.41%
Independent Rajamanickam8831.32%
Margin of victory8,73224.09%22.18%
Turnout 36,24148.66%3.23%
INC hold Swing 6.73%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem Rural [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC C.Lakshma Kandan15,25422.81%
TTP A.Subramaniam14,57521.80%
Independent Ramanathan Chetty3,3455.00%
Independent R.Manickam2,3403.50%
Margin of victory6791.91%
Turnout 35,51445.43%
INC win (new seat)

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