Salem South Assembly constituency

Salem (South)
Salem (South)
Constituency No. 90 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Lok Sabha constituency	Salem
Established	2008
Total electors	226,851
Member of Legislative Assembly
	17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent A. Vijay Tamilan Parthipan
Party	[[Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam\|Template:Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam/meta/shortname]]
Alliance	[[Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam\|Template:Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam/meta/shortname]]
Elected year	2026

Salem South or 'Salem (South)' is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu that was formed after the constituency delimitations of 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 90. The previous constituencies, Salem I and Salem II, were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West.^[1] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Salem South comprises Salem Municipal Corporation Wards No. 37 to 60. It is a part of the wider Salem Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

Demographics
Category	Data
Created	2016
Sourashtra Chetty/Devanga Chettiar	32%
Sozhiya Velalar / Pillaimar	30%
Sengunthar Mudliyar	20%
Vanniyar	10%
Adi Dravida	5.5%
Others	2.5%
Total Electorate	2,63,233

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Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Year	Winner
2011	M. K. Selvaraju	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	A. B. Sakthivel^[4]
2021	E. Balasubramanian

Election results[edit | edit source]

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			49.22%
2016			51.39%
2011			64.97%

2026[edit | edit source]

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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (South)
Party		Candidate	Votes	±%
	DMK	M. Loganathan
	AIADMK	J. Vinodh
	NTK	Sofiya
	TVK	A.Parthiban		New
	NOTA	NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Registered electors			226851
	[[\|N/A]] gain from [[\|N/A]]		Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	E. Balasubramanian	97,506	49.22%	−2.18%
	DMK	A. S. Saravanan	74,897	37.80%	1.80%
	MNM	M. Prabu Manikandan	10,368	5.23%
	NTK	S. Mariamma	10,176	5.14%	4.23%
	AMMK	Se. Venkatajalam	2,970	1.50%
	NOTA	Nota	1,860	0.94%	−1.14%
Margin of victory			22,609	11.41%	-3.98%
Turnout			1,98,122	76.09%	0.92%
Registered electors			2,60,372
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-2.18%

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sakthivel A B	101,696	51.39%	−13.57%
	DMK	Gunasekaran M	71,243	36.00%	5.75%
	PMK	Kumar K	6,325	3.20%
	BJP	Annadurai N	4,686	2.37%	1.00%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	4,121	2.08%
	VCK	Jayachandran G	3,983	2.01%
	NTK	Prema B	1,788	0.90%
Margin of victory			30,453	15.39%	-19.32%
Turnout			1,97,889	75.18%	−3.69%
Registered electors			2,63,233
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-13.57%

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Selvaraju. M. K.	112,691	64.97%
	DMK	S. R. Sivalingam	52,476	30.25%
	BJP	Annadurai. N	2,377	1.37%
	UCPI	Mahalingam. N	2,325	1.34%
Margin of victory			60,215	34.71%	{{{change}}}
Turnout			2,19,949	78.87%
Registered electors			1,73,464
	AIADMK win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "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.

11°37′N 78°09′E / 11.61°N 78.15°E / 11.61; 78.15

[1] "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.

[2] "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.

[3] Nakeeran (2019). "சேலம் தொகுதி யாருக்கு".

[4] "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 90. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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