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'''Salem South''' is a [[Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu|state assembly]] constituency in the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]] that was formed after the constituency [[delimitation]]s of 2007. 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 and [[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|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515102633/http://elections.tn.nic.in/forms/int3.pdf|archivedate=15 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><br />
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Salem South comprises [[Salem Municipal Corporation]] Wards No. 37 to 60. It is a part of the wider [[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salem constituency]] for national elections to the [[Parliament of India]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Tamilnadu/Final%20Notification%20&%20Order%20.pdf |title= Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order |website= Delimitation Commission of India |publisher= National Informatics Centre |access-date= 27 January 2017}}</ref><br />
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==Demographics==<br />
{| class="wikitable" "width:300px"<br />
|+ Demographics <br />
! Category<br />
! Data<br />
|-<br />
|Created<br />
|2016<br />
|-<br />
|Vanniyar<br />
|30%<br />
|-<br />
|Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliyar<br />
|35%<br />
|-<br />
| Kannada/Telugu Devangar<br />
|15%<br />
|-<br />
| Adi Dravida<br />
| 7%<br />
|-<br />
| Sourashtra Chetty<br />
|05%<br />
|-<br />
|Others<br />
|8%<br />
|-<br />
|Total Electorate<br />
|2,63,233<br />
|-<br />
|}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nakkheeran.in/24-by-7-news/thamizhagam/salem-constituencytriple-tournament-salem |author=Nakeeran |author-link=Nakeeran |title= சேலம் தொகுதி யாருக்கு <br />
|year=2019}}</ref><br />
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== Elections ==<br />
{| class="wikitable"<br />
! Year<br />
! Winner<br />
! colspan="2" | Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
| [[M. K. Selvaraju]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| [[A. B. Sakthivel Mudaliar]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |title=2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2016/09-Constitutional%20Data%20Summarytamil.pdf |accessdate=27 May 2016|page=90}}</ref><br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|}<br />
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==Election Results==<br />
===2021===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem South<br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=Balasubramaniam|votes=97,506|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=A. S. Saravanan|votes=74,897|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Makkal Needhi Maiam|candidate=Manikandan|votes=10,368|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate |<br />
|party =Naam Tamilar Katchi <br />
|candidate =Maariyamma <br />
|votes =10,176 <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
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{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Hold<br />
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|swing = <br />
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{{Election box end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Salem, Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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