Salem North (state assembly constituency)

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Salem (North)
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constitution-Salem (North).svg
Constituency details
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictSalem
LS constituencySalem
Total electors2,76,022[1]
Most successful partyDMK (2 times)
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAR. Rajendran[2]
PartyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Elected year2021

Salem North is one of the 234 assembly constituencies in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. It was created in 2008 when the previous constituencies Salem I and Salem II, were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West.[3] It is also a part of Salem (Lok Sabha constituency).

Salem North was one of the 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[4][5]

Salem North consists of:

  1. Salem Municipal Corporation Wards - No.6 to 16 and 26 to 36
  2. Kannankurichi (Town Panchayat)

Members of Legislative Assembly[]

Election Member Party
2011 R. Mohan Raj Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 R. Rajendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 R. Rajendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results[]

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 46.52%
2016
 
 45.14%
2011
 
 54.46%

2021 results[]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK R. Rajendran 93,432 46.17 +1.04
AIADMK G. Venkatachalam 85,844 42.42 +2.43
MNM R.S. Guru Chakravarthy 10,718 5.3 new
NTK N. Imaya Eswaran 8,155 4.03 +3.01
AMMK C. Natarajan 805 0.4 new
NPP M.P.Panneer Selvam 345 0.17 n/a
BSP S. Velan 300 0.15 +0.1
Independent A.Rameshkumar 213 0.11 n/a
Independent R.Palanismy 208 0.1 n/a
Independent S.Rajasekar 177 0.09 n/a
Independent N.Devaraj 167 0.08 n/a
M.Ahamed Shahjahan 96 0.05 n/a
Independent M.Shanmuga Sundaram 73 0.04 n/a
Independent R.Senthilkumar 63 0.03 n/a
API Vaathiar C. Murugan 55 0.03 n/a
Independent M.R.Nawazudieen 50 0.02 n/a
Independent T.Vijaya Raj 45 0.02 n/a
Independent P.Ramachandran 27 0.01 n/a
D.Murali 25 0.01 n/a
None of the Above None of the Above 1,539 0.76 -1.33
Majority 7,588 3.74 -1.4
Turnout 1,98,896 72.06 -0.06
Registered electors 2,76,022
DMK hold Swing +1.04

2016 results[]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK R. Rajendran 86,583 45.13 n/a
AIADMK K.R.S.Saravanan 76,710 39.99 n/a
PMK Kathir. Raasaratinam 7,975 4.16 n/a
BJP R.P.Gopinath 5,922 3.08 +0.55
TMC R. Devadass 4,157 2.16 n/a
None of the Above None of the Above 4,009 2.09 n/a
NTK R. Kovendhan 1,954 1.02 n/a
Majority 9,873 5.14 n/a
Turnout 1,91,841 72.12 -2.42
Registered electors 2,65,999
DMK gain from DMDK Swing n/a

2011 results[]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMDK R. Mohan Raj 88,956 54.46 -
INC G. Jayaprakash 59,591 36.48 -
UMK C. Chinnusamy 4,517 2.77 -
BJP D. Mohan 4,133 2.53 -
IJK V. Venkatesan 1,965 1.20 -
Majority 29,365 17.98 n/a
Turnout 1,63,459 74.53 -
Registered electors 219,327
DMDK win (new seat)

References[]

  1. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Salem (North) Assembly Election Results 2021". Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu.
  4. ^ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016.
  5. ^ "VVPAT ballot units arrive in Salem". The Hindu. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2019.


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