Salem-II | |
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Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Salem |
LS constituency | Salem |
Established | 1951 |
Abolished | 2011 |
Reservation | None |
Salem-II is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.
Until 2008, the city of Salem was part of the Salem I and Salem II assembly constituencies. Since 1977, the ADMK won the Salem II assembly seat three times (1980, 1984 and 1991) and the DMK also won three times (1989, 1996 and 2006); the Janata Party (JP) won in 1977 and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) won in 2001. [1]
The constituencies of Salem were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West in 2008. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 85,348 | 47.27% | ||
MDMK | Sureshkumar R | 70,605 | 39.11% | ||
DMDK | Gnanasekaran K V | 20,026 | 11.09% | ||
BJP | Anandhan P T | 1,574 | 0.87% | ||
BSP | Ponnusamy V | 668 | 0.37% | ||
Independent | Sreedhar N | 510 | 0.28% | ||
Margin of victory | 14,743 | 8.17% | −4.97% | ||
Turnout | 180,545 | 72.20% | 11.79% | ||
DMK gain from PMK | Swing | -6.98% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PMK | Karthe M. | 62,306 | 54.25% | ||
DMK | A. L. Thangavel | 47,221 | 41.11% | ||
MDMK | G.Arjunam | 2,030 | 1.77% | ||
Independent | Sethuraman.K. | 797 | 0.69% | ||
Independent | Venkatachalam.S.V. | 640 | 0.56% | ||
BSP | Ponnusamy.V. | 497 | 0.43% | ||
Margin of victory | 15,085 | 13.13% | −6.25% | ||
Turnout | 114,855 | 60.41% | −7.39% | ||
PMK gain from DMK | Swing | 9.42% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | A. L. Thangavel | 63,588 | 44.83% | ||
AIADMK | Semmalai. S. | 36,097 | 25.45% | ||
AIIC(T) | Mohanraj. R. | 10,794 | 7.61% | ||
BJP | Vennira Aadai Nirmala (Selvi) | 1,997 | 1.41% | ||
MDMK | Thamarai Kannan. K.S.V. | 1,719 | 1.21% | ||
Independent | Krishnan. K. | 331 | 0.23% | ||
Margin of victory | 27,491 | 19.38% | −18.74% | ||
Turnout | 141,856 | 67.8% | 9.51% | ||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -19.08% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Natesan M. | 66,904 | 63.90% | ||
DMK | Arumugam S. | 26,997 | 25.79% | ||
PMK | Manickam K. | 9,170 | 8.76% | ||
JP | Nallahambi M.M. | 417 | 0.40% | ||
Independent | Ariyan K.P. | 151 | 0.14% | ||
Independent | Ramasamy M. | 131 | 0.13% | ||
Margin of victory | 39,907 | 38.12% | 18.19% | ||
Turnout | 104,695 | 58.29% | −8.83% | ||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 20.38% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Arumugam. S.M | 45,358 | 43.52% | ||
AIADMK(JL) | Natesan. M.M | 24,593 | 23.60% | ||
INC | Rajendran. U.M | 22,755 | 21.83% | ||
AIADMK(JR) | Rajaram. K.M | 10,178 | 9.77% | ||
Independent | Murali. M.M | 348 | 0.33% | ||
Independent | Balakrishnan. K.P.M | 208 | 0.20% | ||
Margin of victory | 20,765 | 19.92% | 11.20% | ||
Turnout | 104,220 | 67.12% | −5.10% | ||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -10.27% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Arumugam | 49,339 | 53.79% | ||
DMK | Arumugam S. | 41,333 | 45.07% | ||
Independent | Thiyagarajan. K.S. | 224 | 0.24% | ||
Independent | Kandasamy. C. | 208 | 0.23% | ||
Independent | Jayaprakasam. S. | 150 | 0.16% | ||
Independent | Palanivel. K. | 148 | 0.16% | ||
Margin of victory | 8,006 | 8.73% | 2.76% | ||
Turnout | 91,718 | 72.22% | 7.15% | ||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 2.22% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Arumugam. M | 40,975 | 51.57% | ||
INC | Anbalagan. K | 36,235 | 45.61% | ||
JP | Solai-Erusan | 1,594 | 2.01% | ||
Independent | Seerangan. M | 446 | 0.56% | ||
Independent | Dhanamannar. M | 200 | 0.25% | ||
Margin of victory | 4,740 | 5.97% | 3.13% | ||
Turnout | 79,450 | 65.07% | 12.17% | ||
AIADMK gain from JP | Swing | 21.21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP | M. Arumugam | 22,636 | 30.36% | ||
DMK | K.A. Thangavelu | 20,523 | 27.53% | ||
CPI(M) | K.S. Arthanari | 19,173 | 25.71% | ||
CPI | K.V. Ramaswamy | 9,731 | 13.05% | ||
Margin of victory | 2,113 | 2.83% | −4.71% | ||
Turnout | 74,561 | 52.9% | −19.00% | ||
JP gain from DMK | Swing | -22.41% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Rajaram | 37,152 | 52.77% | ||
INC | R.Ramakrishnan | 31,844 | 45.23% | ||
Independent | S. Natarajan | 798 | 1.13% | ||
ABJS | S. S.Rama Rao | 608 | 0.86% | ||
Margin of victory | 5,308 | 7.54% | −9.65% | ||
Turnout | 70,402 | 71.9% | −6.15% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -5.23% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | E. R. Krishnan | 38,781 | 58.00% | ||
INC | A. R. Gounder | 27,285 | 40.81% | ||
ABJS | S. S. R. Rao | 799 | 1.19% | ||
Margin of victory | 11,496 | 17.19% | 2.61% | ||
Turnout | 66,865 | 78.05% | 4.01% | ||
DMK gain from INC | Swing | 14.91% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | A.Rathanavel Gounder | 28,811 | 43.09% | ||
CPI | S.M.Ramiah | 19,976 | 29.88% | ||
SWA | M.Muthusami | 10,935 | 16.35% | ||
Independent | M.Chockalingam | 852 | 1.27% | ||
Margin of victory | 8,835 | 14.59% | −9.51% | ||
Turnout | 60,574 | 74.04% | 25.38% | ||
INC hold | Swing | 13.54% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | A.Rathnavel Gounder | 19,755 | 29.54% | ||
CPI | S.M.Ramiah | 11,023 | 16.49% | ||
Independent | Thiruvengadam | 2,298 | 3.44% | ||
Independent | S.Ariaputhran | 2,282 | 3.41% | ||
Independent | Rajamanickam | 883 | 1.32% | ||
Margin of victory | 8,732 | 24.09% | 22.18% | ||
Turnout | 36,241 | 48.66% | 3.23% | ||
INC hold | Swing | 6.73% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | C.Lakshma Kandan | 15,254 | 22.81% | ||
TTP | A.Subramaniam | 14,575 | 21.80% | ||
Independent | Ramanathan Chetty | 3,345 | 5.00% | ||
Independent | R.Manickam | 2,340 | 3.50% | ||
Margin of victory | 679 | 1.91% | |||
Turnout | 35,514 | 45.43% | |||
INC win (new seat) |
Salem-II | |
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Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Salem |
LS constituency | Salem |
Established | 1951 |
Abolished | 2011 |
Reservation | None |
Salem-II is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.
Until 2008, the city of Salem was part of the Salem I and Salem II assembly constituencies. Since 1977, the ADMK won the Salem II assembly seat three times (1980, 1984 and 1991) and the DMK also won three times (1989, 1996 and 2006); the Janata Party (JP) won in 1977 and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) won in 2001. [1]
The constituencies of Salem were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West in 2008. [2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 85,348 | 47.27% | ||
MDMK | Sureshkumar R | 70,605 | 39.11% | ||
DMDK | Gnanasekaran K V | 20,026 | 11.09% | ||
BJP | Anandhan P T | 1,574 | 0.87% | ||
BSP | Ponnusamy V | 668 | 0.37% | ||
Independent | Sreedhar N | 510 | 0.28% | ||
Margin of victory | 14,743 | 8.17% | −4.97% | ||
Turnout | 180,545 | 72.20% | 11.79% | ||
DMK gain from PMK | Swing | -6.98% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
PMK | Karthe M. | 62,306 | 54.25% | ||
DMK | A. L. Thangavel | 47,221 | 41.11% | ||
MDMK | G.Arjunam | 2,030 | 1.77% | ||
Independent | Sethuraman.K. | 797 | 0.69% | ||
Independent | Venkatachalam.S.V. | 640 | 0.56% | ||
BSP | Ponnusamy.V. | 497 | 0.43% | ||
Margin of victory | 15,085 | 13.13% | −6.25% | ||
Turnout | 114,855 | 60.41% | −7.39% | ||
PMK gain from DMK | Swing | 9.42% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | A. L. Thangavel | 63,588 | 44.83% | ||
AIADMK | Semmalai. S. | 36,097 | 25.45% | ||
AIIC(T) | Mohanraj. R. | 10,794 | 7.61% | ||
BJP | Vennira Aadai Nirmala (Selvi) | 1,997 | 1.41% | ||
MDMK | Thamarai Kannan. K.S.V. | 1,719 | 1.21% | ||
Independent | Krishnan. K. | 331 | 0.23% | ||
Margin of victory | 27,491 | 19.38% | −18.74% | ||
Turnout | 141,856 | 67.8% | 9.51% | ||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -19.08% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Natesan M. | 66,904 | 63.90% | ||
DMK | Arumugam S. | 26,997 | 25.79% | ||
PMK | Manickam K. | 9,170 | 8.76% | ||
JP | Nallahambi M.M. | 417 | 0.40% | ||
Independent | Ariyan K.P. | 151 | 0.14% | ||
Independent | Ramasamy M. | 131 | 0.13% | ||
Margin of victory | 39,907 | 38.12% | 18.19% | ||
Turnout | 104,695 | 58.29% | −8.83% | ||
AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 20.38% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Arumugam. S.M | 45,358 | 43.52% | ||
AIADMK(JL) | Natesan. M.M | 24,593 | 23.60% | ||
INC | Rajendran. U.M | 22,755 | 21.83% | ||
AIADMK(JR) | Rajaram. K.M | 10,178 | 9.77% | ||
Independent | Murali. M.M | 348 | 0.33% | ||
Independent | Balakrishnan. K.P.M | 208 | 0.20% | ||
Margin of victory | 20,765 | 19.92% | 11.20% | ||
Turnout | 104,220 | 67.12% | −5.10% | ||
DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -10.27% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Arumugam | 49,339 | 53.79% | ||
DMK | Arumugam S. | 41,333 | 45.07% | ||
Independent | Thiyagarajan. K.S. | 224 | 0.24% | ||
Independent | Kandasamy. C. | 208 | 0.23% | ||
Independent | Jayaprakasam. S. | 150 | 0.16% | ||
Independent | Palanivel. K. | 148 | 0.16% | ||
Margin of victory | 8,006 | 8.73% | 2.76% | ||
Turnout | 91,718 | 72.22% | 7.15% | ||
AIADMK hold | Swing | 2.22% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
AIADMK | Arumugam. M | 40,975 | 51.57% | ||
INC | Anbalagan. K | 36,235 | 45.61% | ||
JP | Solai-Erusan | 1,594 | 2.01% | ||
Independent | Seerangan. M | 446 | 0.56% | ||
Independent | Dhanamannar. M | 200 | 0.25% | ||
Margin of victory | 4,740 | 5.97% | 3.13% | ||
Turnout | 79,450 | 65.07% | 12.17% | ||
AIADMK gain from JP | Swing | 21.21% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
JP | M. Arumugam | 22,636 | 30.36% | ||
DMK | K.A. Thangavelu | 20,523 | 27.53% | ||
CPI(M) | K.S. Arthanari | 19,173 | 25.71% | ||
CPI | K.V. Ramaswamy | 9,731 | 13.05% | ||
Margin of victory | 2,113 | 2.83% | −4.71% | ||
Turnout | 74,561 | 52.9% | −19.00% | ||
JP gain from DMK | Swing | -22.41% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | Rajaram | 37,152 | 52.77% | ||
INC | R.Ramakrishnan | 31,844 | 45.23% | ||
Independent | S. Natarajan | 798 | 1.13% | ||
ABJS | S. S.Rama Rao | 608 | 0.86% | ||
Margin of victory | 5,308 | 7.54% | −9.65% | ||
Turnout | 70,402 | 71.9% | −6.15% | ||
DMK hold | Swing | -5.23% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
DMK | E. R. Krishnan | 38,781 | 58.00% | ||
INC | A. R. Gounder | 27,285 | 40.81% | ||
ABJS | S. S. R. Rao | 799 | 1.19% | ||
Margin of victory | 11,496 | 17.19% | 2.61% | ||
Turnout | 66,865 | 78.05% | 4.01% | ||
DMK gain from INC | Swing | 14.91% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | A.Rathanavel Gounder | 28,811 | 43.09% | ||
CPI | S.M.Ramiah | 19,976 | 29.88% | ||
SWA | M.Muthusami | 10,935 | 16.35% | ||
Independent | M.Chockalingam | 852 | 1.27% | ||
Margin of victory | 8,835 | 14.59% | −9.51% | ||
Turnout | 60,574 | 74.04% | 25.38% | ||
INC hold | Swing | 13.54% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | A.Rathnavel Gounder | 19,755 | 29.54% | ||
CPI | S.M.Ramiah | 11,023 | 16.49% | ||
Independent | Thiruvengadam | 2,298 | 3.44% | ||
Independent | S.Ariaputhran | 2,282 | 3.41% | ||
Independent | Rajamanickam | 883 | 1.32% | ||
Margin of victory | 8,732 | 24.09% | 22.18% | ||
Turnout | 36,241 | 48.66% | 3.23% | ||
INC hold | Swing | 6.73% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | C.Lakshma Kandan | 15,254 | 22.81% | ||
TTP | A.Subramaniam | 14,575 | 21.80% | ||
Independent | Ramanathan Chetty | 3,345 | 5.00% | ||
Independent | R.Manickam | 2,340 | 3.50% | ||
Margin of victory | 679 | 1.91% | |||
Turnout | 35,514 | 45.43% | |||
INC win (new seat) |