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
Election results
2006
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
- "Partywise Comparison Since 1977". Election Commission of India. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
- "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.
- "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.
External links
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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