Salem (North)
Constituency No. 89 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictSalem
LS constituencySalem
Total electors2,76,022[2]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  DMK
Elected year2021

Salem North or 'Salem (North)' is one of the 234 assembly constituencies in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 89. It was created in 2008 when the previous constituencies Salem I and Salem II, were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West.[3] It is also 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.[4][5]

Salem North consists of:

  1. Salem Municipal Corporation Wards - No.6 to 16 and 26 to 36
  2. Kannankurichi (Town Panchayat)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Member Party
2011 R. Mohan Raj Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016 R. Rajendran Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021
 
 46.52%
2016
 
 45.14%
2011
 
 54.46%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK R. Rajendran 93,432 46.17 +1.04
AIADMK G. Venkatachalam 85,844 42.42 +2.43
MNM R.S. Guru Chakravarthy 10,718 5.3 new
NTK N. Imaya Eswaran 8,155 4.03 +3.01
Majority 7,588 3.74 -1.4
Turnout 1,98,896 72.06 -0.06
Registered electors 2,76,022
DMK hold Swing +1.04

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North
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 DMDK Swing n/a

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North
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

  1. ^ "Salem (North) Assembly Election Results 2021". Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  3. ^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu.
  4. ^ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016.
  5. ^ "VVPAT ballot units arrive in Salem". The Hindu. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

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