Salem – II Assembly constituency

Salem-II is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.

History

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]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Year Winner Party
1951 C. Lakshma Kandan Indian National Congress
1957 A. Rathnavel Gounder Indian National Congress
1962 A. Rathnavel Gounder Indian National Congress
1967 E. R. Krishnan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year Winner Party
1971 K. Rajaram Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 M. Arumugam Janata Party
1980 M. Arumugam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 Arumugam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 S. Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 M. Natesan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 A. L. Thangavel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 M. Karthe Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006 S. Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
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%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
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%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
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%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
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%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
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%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
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%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
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%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
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%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
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%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
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%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II
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%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Salem II[3]
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%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Salem Rural[4]
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)

References

  1. "Partywise Comparison Since 1977". Election Commission of India. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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