Salem North (state assembly constituency)
Salem (North) | |
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Constituency for the State Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Salem |
LS constituency | Salem |
Total electors | 2,76,022[1] |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
Current MLA | R. Rajendran[2] |
Party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Elected year | 2021 |
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:
- Salem Municipal Corporation Wards - No.6 to 16 and 26 to 36
- Kannankurichi (Town Panchayat)
Members of Legislative Assembly[]
Election | Member | Party | |
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2011 | R. Mohan Raj | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |
2016 | R. Rajendran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
2021 | R. Rajendran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
Election results[]
2021 results[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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[]
- ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Salem (North) Assembly Election Results 2021". Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu.
- ^ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016.
- ^ "VVPAT ballot units arrive in Salem". The Hindu. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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- Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu
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