Salem South Assembly constituency

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)
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 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

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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

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Elections

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

Election Results

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

2021

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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

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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

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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

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  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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