Salem South (State Assembly Constituency)

Salem (South)
Constituency No. 90 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictSalem
LS constituencySalem
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 2007. 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.

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
Category Data
Created 2016
Vanniyar 30%
Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliyar 35%
Kannada/Telugu Devangar 15%
Adi Dravida 7%
Sourashtra Chetty 05%
Others 8%
Total Electorate 2,63,233

[4]

Elections

Year Winner Party
2011 M. K. Selvaraju All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 A. B. Sakthivel Mudaliar[5] All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 E. Balasubramanian 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)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK E. Balasubramanian 97,506 49.22% -2.18%
DMK A. S. Saravanan 74,897 37.80% 1.80%
MNM M. Prabu Manikandan 10,368 5.23%
NTK S. Mariamma 10,176 5.14% 4.23%
AMMK Se. Venkatajalam 2,970 1.50%
NOTA Nota 1,860 0.94% -1.14%
Margin of victory 22,609 11.41% -3.98%
Turnout 1,98,122 76.09% 0.92%
Rejected ballots 184 0.09%
Registered electors 2,60,372
AIADMK hold Swing -2.18%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Salem (South)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Sakthivel A B 101,696 51.39% -13.57%
DMK Gunasekaran M 71,243 36.00% 5.75%
PMK Kumar K 6,325 3.20%
BJP Annadurai N 4,686 2.37% 1.00%
NOTA None Of The Above 4,121 2.08%
VCK Jayachandran G 3,983 2.01%
NTK Prema B 1,788 0.90%
Margin of victory 30,453 15.39% -19.32%
Turnout 1,97,889 75.18% -3.69%
Registered electors 2,63,233
AIADMK hold Swing -13.57%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Salem (South)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK Selvaraju. M. K. 112,691 64.97%
DMK Sivalingam. S. R. 52,476 30.25%
BJP Annadurai. N 2,377 1.37%
UCPI Mahalingam. N 2,325 1.34%
Margin of victory 60,215 34.71% {change}
Turnout 2,19,949 78.87%
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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