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{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2017}}
{{Infobox Vidhan Sabha constituency
| name = Salem North
| map =
| state = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| union_territory =
| district_label = [[List of districts of Tamil Nadu|District]]
| district = [[Salem district|Salem]]
| population =
| electorate =
| year = 2008
| reserved =
| members_label1 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]]
| mla = [[R.Rajendran]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3473-tamil-nadu-general-legislative-election-2016/?do=download&csrfKey=c8ecc18ebb1cdc0f6c9eeeab67d20632}}</ref>
| party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| blank1_name = [[List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha|Lok Sabha]] Constituency
| blank1_info = [[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salem]]
}}
'''Salem North''' is one of the 234 [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|assembly]] constituencies in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]] in southern [[India]]. It was created in 2008 when the previous constituencies [[Salem – I (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem I]] and [[Salem – II (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem II]], were redrawn as Salem North, [[Salem South (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem South]] and [[Salem West (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem West]].<ref>{{cite web|title=New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008|url=http://www.elections.tn.nic.in/forms/int3.pdf|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu}}</ref>

A part of [[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)]], Salem North was one of the 17 assembly constituencies to have [[Voter-verified paper audit trail|VVPAT]] facility with EVMs in [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/ec-to-tighten-grip-on-cash-for-votes/article8225776.ece|title=EC to tighten grip on cash for votes|newspaper=The Hindu|date=12 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/vvpat-ballot-units-arrive-in-salem/article8316365.ece | title=VVPAT ballot units arrive in Salem | date=5 March 2016 | newspaper=The Hindu | accessdate=25 May 2019 }}</ref>

Salem North consists of:

#[[Salem Municipal Corporation]] Wards - No.6 to 16 and 26 to 36
#[[Kannankurichi]] (Town Panchayat)

==Members of Legislative Assembly==

'''Key'''

{{Party index link|Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam}} {{Party index link|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!colspan="2"|Election!!Member!!Party
|-
|style="background-color: {{Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
| [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| [[R. Mohan Raj]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3340-tamil-nadu-2011/?do=download&csrfKey=c8ecc18ebb1cdc0f6c9eeeab67d20632}}</ref>
| [[Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam]]
|-
|style="background-color: {{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
| [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| [[R.Rajendran]]
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
|
|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|TBD
|TBD
|}

== Election results ==

===2021 results===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem North }}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=[[R. Rajendran]]|votes=TBA|percentage=TBA|change=TBA}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=G. Venkatachalam|votes=TBA|percentage=TBA|change=TBA}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Amma Makkal Munnettra Kazagam|candidate=C. Natarajan|votes=|percentage=|change=new}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Makkal Needhi Maiam|candidate= R.S. Guru Chakravarthy|votes=TBA|percentage=TBA|change=new}}
{{Election box candidate
| party = [[Naam Tamilar Katchi|NTK]]
| candidate = N.Imai Eswaran
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| change = TBA
}}
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{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the Above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=|percentage=|change=n/a}}

{{Election box majority|votes=TBD|percentage=|change=n/a}}
{{Election box turnout|votes=1,98,896|percentage=72.06|change=-0.06}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,76,022
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = TBD
| loser = TBD
| swing = n/a
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 results===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem North]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| candidate = [[R. Rajendran]]
| votes = 86,583
| percentage = 45.13
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| candidate = K.R.S.Saravanan
| votes = 76,710
| percentage = 39.99
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Pattali Makkal Katchi
| candidate = Kathir. Raasaratinam
| votes = 7,975
| percentage = 4.16
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = R.P.Gopinath
| votes = 5,922
| percentage = 3.08
| change = +0.55
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Tamil Maanila Congress
| candidate = R.Devadass
| votes = 4,157
| percentage = 2.16
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = None of the Above
| candidate = None of the Above
| votes = 4,009
| percentage = 2.09
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Naam Tamilar Katchi
| candidate = R.Kovendhan
| votes = 1,954
| percentage = 1.02
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box majority
| votes = 9,873
| percentage = 5.14
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,91,841
| percentage = 72.12
| change = -2.42
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 2,65,999
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
| winner = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| loser = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| swing = n/a
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2011 results===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem North]] }}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
| candidate = R. Mohan Raj

| votes = 88,956
| percentage = 54.46
| change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indian National Congress
| candidate = G.Jayaprakash

| votes = 59,591
| percentage = 36.48
| change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate
| party = UMK
| candidate = C.Chinnusamy

| votes = 4,517
| percentage = 2.77
| change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| candidate = D.Mohan

| votes = 4,133
| percentage = 2.53
| change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
| party = Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi
| candidate = V.Venkatesan

| votes = 1,965
| percentage = 1.20
| change = -
}}

{{Election box majority
| votes = 29,365
| percentage = 17.98
| change = n/a
}}
{{Election box turnout
| votes = 1,63,459
| percentage = 74.53
| change = -
}}
{{Election box Registered electors
|reg. electors = 219,327
}}
{{Election box new seat win|
| winner = Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
| swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Tamil Nadu assembly elections|state=expanded}}
{{Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}

{{coord missing|Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Salem, Tamil Nadu]]

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