Salem South Assembly constituency

Salem (South)
Constituency No. 90 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictSalem
Lok Sabha constituencySalem
Established2008
Total electors224,097
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK
Alliance  NDA
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.[1] 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 Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[2]

Demographics

Demographics
Category Data
Created 2016
Sourashtra Chetty/Devanga Chettiar 32%
Sozhiya Velalar / Pillaimar 30%
Mudliyar 20%
Vanniyar 10%
Adi Dravida 5.5%
Others 2.5%
Total Electorate 2,63,233

[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year Winner Party
2011 M. K. Selvaraju All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 A. B. Sakthivel[4]
2021 E. Balasubramanian

Election results

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

2026

2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (South)
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
SPA
AIADMK+
NTK Sofiya
TVK New
NOTA NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Rejected ballots
Registered electors 224,097
gain from Swing

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 S. R. Sivalingam 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. ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. ^ Nakeeran (2019). "சேலம் தொகுதி யாருக்கு".
  4. ^ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 90. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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