Salem Lok Sabha constituency

Salem is a parliamentary (Lok Sabha) constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 15 of 39.

Salem
Lok Sabha Constituency
Salem constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
Assembly ConstituenciesOmalur
Edappadi
Salem West
Salem North
Salem South
Veerapandi
Established1952-present
Total electors16,11,982[1]
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyDMK
Elected year2019 Election

History

Since 1952, the Salem parliament seat was held by the Indian National Congress eight times (1952, 1957, 1962, 1984, 1989, 1991 and 2004), by the ADMK four times (1977, 1991, 2009 and 2014), by DMK three times (1967, 1971 and 1980), and once each by an independent (1998) and the Tamil Maanila Congress (1996).[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]

Assembly segments

Salem Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[15]

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party
84. Omalur None Salem AIADMK
86. Edappadi None Salem AIADMK
88. Salem West None Salem PMK
89. Salem North None Salem DMK
90. Salem South None Salem AIADMK
91. Veerapandi None Salem AIADMK

Before 2009:

1.Salem I ( defunct)

2.Salem II (defunct)

3.Omalur

4.Yercuad (ST) (Moved to kallakurichi in 2009)

5.Veerapandi

6.Panamarathupatti (defunct)

Members of the Parliament
Year Duration Winner Party
First1952-57S. V. RamaswamyIndian National Congress
Second1957-62S. V. RamaswamyIndian National Congress
Third1962-67S. V. RamaswamyIndian National Congress
Fourth1967-71K. RajaramDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifth1971-77E. R. KrishnanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixth1977-80P. KannanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh1980-84C. PalaniappanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth1984-89Rangarajan KumaramangalamIndian National Congress
Ninth1989-91Rangarajan KumaramangalamIndian National Congress
Tenth1991-96Rangarajan KumaramangalamIndian National Congress
Eleventh1996-98R. DevadassIndian National Congress
Twelfth1998-99Vazhappady Koothappadayachi RamamurthyIndian National Congress
Thirteenth1999-04T. M. SelvaganapathiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth2004-09K. V. ThangkabaluIndian National Congress
Fifteenth2009-14S. SemmalaiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth2014-19V. PannerselvamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventeenth2019-incumbentS. R. Parthiban[16]Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results
Vote share of Winning candidates
2019
 
 48.3%
2014
 
 48.36%
2009
 
 42.48%
2004
 
 59.93%
1999
 
 49.73%
1998
 
 55.47%
1996
 
 47.07%
1991
 
 67.03%
1989
 
 60.85%
1984
 
 69.21%
1980
 
 50.85%
1977
 
 58.71%
1971
 
 55.87%
1967
 
 57.07%
1962
 
 49.34%
1957
 
 47.18%
1952
 
 44.44%

General Election 2019
General Election 2019: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK S. R. Parthiban 606,302 48.3% +13.19
AIADMK K. R. S. Saravanan 4,59,376 36.6% -11.76
MNM M.Prabu Manikandan 58,662 4.67 +4.67
AMMK S. K. Selvam 52,332 4.17 +4.17
NTK Raja Ammaiyappan 33,890 2.7 +2.7
NOTA None of the Above 17,130 1.36
Majority 1,46,926 11.70
Turnout 12,56,330 77.91
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing

General Election 2014
General Election 2014: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. Pannerselvam 5,56,546 48.36 +5.88
DMK S.Umarani 2,88,936 25.11 +4.73
DMDK L.K.Sudhish 2,01,265 17.49 +4.05
INC Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam 46,477 4.04 -33.25
Independent N.Chinnusamy 5,374 0.47 n/a
AAP E.Satheesh Kumar 5,198 0.45 -
Independent K.Govindaraju 3,261 0.28 n/a
Independent M.Senthil Kumar 2,903 0.25 n/a
Independent S.Sakthivel 2,581 0.22 n/a
Independent S.Sakthivel 2,581 0.22 n/a
Independent A.Raja 2,203 0.19 n/a
Independent R.Kuppayee 1,701 0.15 n/a
Makkal Manadu G.Shanmugam 1,623 0.14 n/a
BSP T.Vinayagamoorthi 1,617 0.14 -0.40
Independent S.Umarani 1,232 0.11 n/a
Independent A.Rajakannu 1,151 0.10 n/a
Independent K.Thiagarajan 777 0.07 n/a
Independent M.Arumugam 731 0.06 n/a
RPI(A) R.Venkatesan 623 0.05 -
Independent N.Panneerselvam 574 0.05 n/a
Independent M.Ahamed Shahjahan 529 0.05 n/a
Independent I.Abdul Wahid 526 0.05 n/a
Independent R.Prakasam 484 0.04 n/a
TMC A.Mass Ganesh 474 0.04 n/a
Independent G.Nandakumar 357 0.03 n/a
NOTA None of the above 20,601 1.79 -
Majority 2,67,610 23.25 -18.06
Turnout 11,50,296 76.78 +0.36
AIADMK hold Swing +5.88

General Election 2009
General Election 2009:Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Semmalai 3,80,460 42.48 +6.22
INC K. V. Thangkabalu 3,33,969 37.29 -22.64
DMDK Alagaapuram R.Mohanraj 1,20,325 13.44 -
Independent C.Selladurai 23,056 2.57 n/a
BSP R.Balasubramani 4,858 0.54 +0.28
Independent K.Nandagopal 4,451 0.50 n/a
Independent Po.Nallathambi 4,441 0.50 n/a
Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi M.Ashok Samraj 3,642 0.41 n/a
Independent N.B.Dhamodharan 3,111 0.35 n/a
Independent T.Periyasamy 3,010 0.34 n/a
Akila India Vallalar Peravai M.Annadurai 2,041 0.23 n/a
Independent M.A.Shah Jahan 1,832 0.20 -0.94
Pyramid Party of India A.Andhraprakash 1,713 0.19 n/a
Independent N.Chinnan 1,297 0.14 n/a
Independent C.Kowsalya 1,059 0.12 n/a
Independent P.Muthusamy 1,026 0.11 n/a
Independent C.D.Jayavenugopal 949 0.11 n/a
Independent K.S.Govanam Thangavel 854 0.10 n/a
Independent M.Krishnan 775 0.09 n/a
TMC M.A.S.S.Ganesh 755 0.08 n/a
Independent G.Chandrasekaran 658 0.07 n/a
Independent V.Maheswaran 658 0.07 n/a
Independent A.Muniyappan 614 0.07 n/a
Majority 46,491 5.19 -18.48
Turnout 8,95,554 76.42 +17.17
AIADMK gain from INC Swing +6.22

General Election 2004
2004 Indian general elections: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. V. Thangkabalu 4,44,591 59.93 +52.64
AIADMK A.Rajasekaran 2,68,964 36.26 -12.63
Independent M.A.Shah Jahan 8,466 1.14 n/a
Independent C.D.Jaya Venugopal 4,346 0.58 n/a
ABHM N.Balakrishnan 4,101 0.55 n/a
JP R.Rajavel 3,916 0.52 n/a
Independent M.Rajavel 1,334 0.18 n/a
Independent Dr. A.K.Asraf Ali 920 0.12 n/a
Independent A.Baskar 829 0.11 n/a
Independent P.Rathinam 747 0.10 n/a
Independent J.Basheer 690 0.09 n/a
Independent K.A.Gopal 673 0.09 n/a
Independent G.A.Kannan 660 0.09 n/a
Independent K.Selvam 611 0.08 n/a
Independent M.Syed Mohammed 589 0.08 n/a
Majority 1,75,627 23.67 +20.2
Turnout 7,41,437 59.25 +0.08
INC gain from AIADMK Swing +52.64

General Election 1999
1999 Indian general election: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK T.M.Selvaganapathi 363,689 49.73 -4.59
TRC K.Ramamurthy 338,278 46.26 N/A
TMC(M) R.Devadass 19,604 2.68 -32.17
Independent P.M.Selvakumaran 2,678 0.37 N/A
Tamil Nadu Peasants & Workers Party M.Arjunan 1,631 0.22 N/A
Independent R.Sadhasivam 946 0.13 N/A
Independent A.Ashokan 672 0.09 N/A
CPI-ML(L) A.Chandramohan 652 0.09 N/A
Independent P.Sampath Kumar 462 0.06 N/A
Independent B.L.Murugan 434 0.06 N/A
Independent K.Kannan 395 0.05 N/A
Christian Mannetra Kazhagam C.Ramamoorthi 385 0.05 N/A
Bharatha Makkal Congress K.Arivumani 384 0.05 N/A
Ajeya Bharat Party S.Kesavarajan 248 0.03 -0.29
Independent T.Periyasamy 235 0.03 N/A
Independent D.M.Mohammad Nazeerudeen 129 0.02 N/A
Independent R.Manickam 123 0.02 N/A
Independent P.Chinathambi 107 0.01 N/A
Tharasu Makkal Mandram M.A.K.Manimeghalan 105 0.01 -0.16
Independent R.Srinivasan 81 0.01 N/A
Independent S.K.Rajendran 39 0.01 N/A
Majority 25,411 3.47 -17.15
Turnout 743,934 59.17 +1.47
AIADMK gain from Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress Swing -4.59

General Election 1998
General Election 1998: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy 365,557 55.47 -
TMC(M) R.Devadass 229,677 34.85 -12.22
INC K.V.Thangkabalu 48,027 7.29 -21.73
Independent P.Sampathkumar 10,311 1.56 -
Ajeya Bharat Party S.Kesavarajan 2,091 0.32 -
BSP A.G.Padmanabhan 1,710 0.26 -
Independent P.Marimuthu 550 0.08 -
Independent K.Palanisamy 495 0.08 -
Independent C.Singaravelu 405 0.06 -
Independent T.Periasamy 150 0.02 -
Majority 135,880 20.62 +2.57
Turnout 679,778 57.70 -7.66
Independent gain from TMC(M) Swing +55.47

General Election 1996
General Election 1996: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
TMC(M) R.Devadass 315,277 47.07 N/A
INC K.V.Thangkabalu 194,392 29.02 -38.01
AIIC(T) P.Rangarajan Kumaramangalam 120,345 17.97 N/A
BJP N.Rajamani 9,538 1.42 +0.12
MDMK B.Mohanraj 6,245 0.93 N/A
Independent A.C.Murugesan 4,927 0.74 -
Independent S.Eswaran 1,944 0.29 -
RPI A.Madeswaran 1,218 0.18 -
Independent V.Chinnasamy 1,172 0.17 -
Independent C.Manickam 1,164 0.17 -
Independent A.Rajendran 1,063 0.16 -
Independent M.Balavenkatesh 1,009 0.15 -
Independent Bala.Nagamanickam 988 0.15 -
Independent S.Sait Musthafa 911 0.14 -
Independent A.Mahabook Shariff 897 0.13 -
Independent N.Krishnamoorthy 784 0.12 -
Independent K.Ganesan 784 0.12 -
Independent V.Ram Mohan 755 0.11 -
Independent P.M.Selvakumaran 698 0.10 -
Independent P.Sampath Kumar 644 0.10 -
Independent S.B.Meganathan 571 0.09 -
Independent K.Palanisamy 540 0.08 -
Independent M.Kandasami 466 0.07 -
Independent B.Ramamoorthy 456 0.07 -
Independent N.Krishnamoorthy 417 0.06 -
Independent S.T.Sivagnanam 406 0.06 -
Independent P.Mayan 399 0.06 -
Independent K.Annamalai 397 0.06 -
Independent K.M.Padmanapan 396 0.06 -
Independent N.Chakkarapani 318 0.05 -
Independent S.Annamalai 245 0.04 -
Independent Vedanayagam Rama 188 0.03 -
Independent S.Venkatachalam 183 0.03 -
Independent Velliangiri K.S Veerapandi 80 0.01 -
Majority 120,885 18.05 -28.59
Turnout 706,406 65.36 +4.25
TMC(M) gain from INC Swing +47.07

General Election 1991
General Election 1991: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rangarajan Kumaramangalam 406,042 67.03 +6.18
DMK K.P.Arthanarisamy 123,474 20.38 -3.78
PMK K.Arjunan 56,775 9.37 -3.63
BJP K.S.Ramanathan 7,867 1.30 N/A
JP V.S.Paramasivam 2,675 0.44 -23.34
Independent Anbalali Selvi V. (W) 1,719 0.28 -
Independent S.Sekar 1,140 0.19 -
Tharasu Makkal Mandram Bharathi alias Bharathiraja A. 1,037 0.17 0
Independent T.Ramchandran 983 0.16 -
Independent S.Selladurai 953 0.16 -
Independent M.Kandasamy 574 0.09 -
Independent S.T.Sivagnanam 474 0.08 -
Independent N.Chakkarapani 458 0.08 -
Independent K.Thiruganana-Sambantham 413 0.07 -
Independent Velliangiri 365 0.06 -
Independent P.P.Chandrasekar 311 0.05 -
Independent P.Sivaprakasam 272 0.04 -
Independent D.Siva Kumar 217 0.04 -
Majority 282,568 46.64 +9.95
Turnout 629,493 61.11 -3.67
INC gain from Swing +6.18

General Election 1989
General Election 1989: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rangarajan Kumaramangalam 400,936 60.85 -8.36
DMK M.Karthikeyan 159,166 24.16 -26.69
PMK K.Sadasivam 85,628 13.00 -
Tamiliar Kazhagam A.Balasumbramaniam 5,721 0.87 -
Independent N.Krishnamurthy 1,186 0.18 -
Independent K.Perumal 1,137 0.17 -
Tharasu Makkal Mandaram P.Pachamuthu 1,088 0.17 -
Independent I.Ramachadran 857 0.13 -
Independent M.D.Sugabnan 576 0.09 -
Independent M.Kandasamy 403 0.06 -
Independent M.Palanisamy 371 0.06 -
Independent S.Sekar 355 0.05 -
Independent R.Radhakrishnan 334 0.05 -
Independent S.T.Sivagnanam 315 0.05 -
Independent K.S.Villingiri 279 0.04 -
Independent V.Ashok Kumar 278 0.04 -
Independent P.Chandrasekar 255 0.04 -
Majority 241,770 36.69 -8.74
Turnout 668,594 64.78 -6.69
INC gain from Swing -8.36

General Election 1984
General Election 1984: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rangarajan Kumaramangalam 359,819 69.21 +28.66
JP M.A.Kandasamy 123,644 23.78 N/A
Independent T.Sambalingam 6,808 1.31 +0.59
Independent O.K.Ekambaram 6,218 1.20 -
Independent P.Raju 5,785 1.11 -
Independent A.M.Vachravel 3,445 0.66 -
Independent M.Sengottuvelu 3,430 0.66 -
Independent G.Selvaraj 2,752 0.53 -
Independent R.Thangaraju 2,660 0.51 -
Independent G.Mani 2,276 0.44 -
Independent S.Ariyaputhran 1,677 0.32 -
Independent P.Thulsi Ramachari 1,349 0.26 -
Majority 236,175 45.43 +39.73
Turnout 548,043 71.47 +3.4
INC gain from JP Swing +28.66

General Election 1980
General Election 1980: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK C.Palaniappan 233,971 50.85 +10.53
AIADMK P. Kannan 207,713 45.14 -12.96
INC(U) M.Gandhinathan 5381 1.17 -
Independent T.Sambalingam 3,327 0.72 -
Independent P.N.Balasubramaniam 3,007 0.65 -
Independent M.Ramaswami 1864 0.41 -
Independent Vasanthi Muthu 1,442 0.31 -
Independent B.Vadivelu 1,092 0.24 -
Independent C.N.Kangani 953 0.21 -
Independent P. Kandasamy 918 0.20 -
Independent S.C.Thambi (Sakkari Gounder ) 440 0.10 -
Majority 26,258 5.70 -7.57
Turnout 470,633 68.07 +3.11
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing +10.53

General Election 1977
General Election 1977: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Kannan 254,138 58.71 N/A
DMK K.Rajaram 174,534 40.32 -15.55
Independent B.T.Ramalingam 1296 0.30 n/a
Independent N.Adhinarayanan 1103 0.30 n/a
Independent T.Ponnusamy 1059 0.24 n/a
Independent K.Asaithambi 1296 0.30 n/a
Majority 54,796 13.27 +9.35
Turnout 440,410 64.96 -10.65
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing

General Election 1971
General Election 1971: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK E.R. Krishnan 230,736 55.87 -1.2
INC(O) M. P. Subramanyam 175,940 42.60 n/a
ABJS K. N. Lakshmanan 3944 0.96 -1.42
Independent T. V. Anganna Chettiar 2339 0.57% n/a
Majority 54,796 13.27 +9.35
Turnout 422,782 70.87 -4.74
DMK gain from Swing -1.2

General Election 1967
General Election 1967: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK K. Rajaram 219,380 57.07 +11.65
INC R. Ramakrishnan 155,871 40.55 -8.79
ABJS R. S. Rao 9,168 2.38 n/a
Majority 63,509 16.52 +12.6
Turnout 393,435 75.61 +5.99
DMK gain from INC Swing +11.65

General Election 1962
General Election 1962: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. V. Ramaswamy 147,525 49.34 +2.74
DMK K. Rajagopal 135,787 45.42 -
Independent R. K. Periasamy 5,605 1.87 n/a
Independent T. S. Periasami 5,493 1.84 n/a
ABJS J. Srinivasan 4,581 1.53 n/a
Majority 11,738 3.92 -26.25
Turnout 306,635 69.62 +24.6
INC gain from Swing

General Election 1957
General Election 1957: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. V. Ramaswamy 85,342 47.18 +2.74
Independent S. K. Babie Kandasami 30,764 17.01 n/a
Independent A. Ganesasankaran 29,529 16.32 n/a
Independent B. V. Govindaraj 26,878 14.86 n/a
Independent Manicka Mudaliar 8,370 4.63 n/a
Majority 54,578 30.17 +24.84
Turnout 180,883 45.02 -10.6
INC gain from Swing +2.74

General Election 1952
General Election 1952: Salem
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC S. V. Ramaswamy 90,570 44.44 n/a
Independent Rao Sahaib S. Durai swamy Pillai 79,705 39.11 n/a
Majority 10,865 5.33 -
Turnout 203,792 55.62 -
INC gain from Swing

See also

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