| Salem North | |
|---|---|
| Constituency | |
| District | Salem |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2008 |
| Party | DMK |
| MLA | R.Rajendran[1] |
| Lok Sabha Constituency | Salem |
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.[2]
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.[3][4]
Salem North consists of:
- Salem Municipal Corporation Wards - No.6 to 16 and 26 to 36
- Kannankurichi (Town Panchayat)
Members of Legislative Assembly
Key
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | R. Mohan Raj[5] | Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | R.Rajendran | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2021 | TBD | TBD | |
Election results
2021 results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | R. Rajendran | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| AIADMK | G. Venkatachalam | TBA | TBA | TBA | |
| AMMK | C. Natarajan | new | |||
| MNM | R.S. Guru Chakravarthy | TBA | TBA | new | |
| NTK | N.Imai Eswaran | TBA | |||
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| None of the Above | None of the Above | n/a | |||
| Majority | TBD | n/a | |||
| Turnout | 1,98,896 | 72.06 | −0.06 | ||
| Registered electors | 2,76,022 | ||||
| TBD gain from TBD | Swing | n/a | |||
2016 results
| 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(M) | 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 AIADMK | Swing | n/a | |||
2011 results
| 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
- ↑ https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3473-tamil-nadu-general-legislative-election-2016/?do=download&csrfKey=c8ecc18ebb1cdc0f6c9eeeab67d20632.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ "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.
- ↑ https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3340-tamil-nadu-2011/?do=download&csrfKey=c8ecc18ebb1cdc0f6c9eeeab67d20632.
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