Salem South is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu that was formed after the constituency delimitations of 2007. The previous constituencies - Salem I and Salem II - were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West.[1]
Salem South comprises Salem Municipal Corporation Wards No. 37 to 60. It is a part of the wider Salem constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[2]
Demographics
| Category | Data |
|---|---|
| Created | 2016 |
| Vanniyar | 30% |
| Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliyar | 35% |
| Kannada/Telugu Devangar | 15% |
| Adi Dravida | 7% |
| Sourashtra Chetty | 05% |
| Others | 8% |
| Total Electorate | 2,63,233 |
Elections
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | M. K. Selvaraju | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 2016 | A. B. Sakthivel Mudaliar[4] | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Election Results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | Balasubramaniam | 97,506 | |||
| DMK | A. S. Saravanan | 74,897 | |||
| MNM | Manikandan | 10,368 | |||
| Naam Tamilar Katchi | Maariyamma | 10,176 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Hold gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
- ↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ↑ Nakeeran (2019). "சேலம் தொகுதி யாருக்கு".
- ↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 90. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
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