Salem Lok Sabha constituency

Salem is a parliamentary (Lok Sabha) constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 15 of 39. It includes 6 Assembly constituencies like Edappadi, Omalur, Salem North, Salem South, Salem West and Veerapandi.

Salem
Lok Sabha constituency
Salem constituency, post-2008 delimitation
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Assembly constituencies	Omalur Edappadi Salem West Salem North Salem South Veerapandi
Established	1952-present
Total electors	16,11,982[1]
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent T. M. Selvaganapathy
Party	DMK
Elected year	2024

History

Since 1952, the Salem parliament seat was held by the Indian National Congress eight times (1952, 1957, 1962, 1984, 1989, 1991 and 2004), by the ADMK four times (1977, 1991, 2009 and 2014), by DMK three times (1967, 1971 and 1980), and once each by an independent (1998) and the Tamil Maanila Congress (1996).^{[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]}

Assembly segments

Salem Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[15]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
84.	Omalur	None	Salem	AIADMK
86.	Edappadi	None		AIADMK
88.	Salem West	None		PMK
89.	Salem North	None		DMK
90.	Salem South	None		AIADMK
91.	Veerapandi	None		AIADMK

Before 2009

1. Salem I (defunct)
2. Salem II (defunct)
3. Omalur
4. Yercuad (ST) (moved to Kallakurichi in 2009)
5. Veerapandi
6. Panamarathupatti (defunct)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Duration	Name	Party
First	1952-57	S. V. Ramaswamy		Indian National Congress
Second	1957-62
Third	1962-67
Fourth	1967-71	K. Rajaram		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fifth	1971-77	E. R. Krishnan
Sixth	1977-80	P. Kannan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Seventh	1980-84	C. Palaniappan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighth	1984-89	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam		Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-91
Tenth	1991-96
Eleventh	1996-98	R. Devadass		Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	Vazhappady Ramamurthy		Independent
Thirteenth	1999-04	T. M. Selvaganapathi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2004-09	K. V. Thangabalu		Indian National Congress
Fifteenth	2009-14	S. Semmalai		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Sixteenth	2014-19	V. Pannerselvam
Seventeenth	2019-24	S. R. Parthiban		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eighteenth	2024-incumbent	T. M. Selvaganapathy

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			43.98%
2019			48.51%
2014			49.27%
2009			42.51%
2004			59.96%
1999			49.73%
1998			55.47%
1996			47.07%
1991			67.03%
1989			60.85%
1984			69.21%
1980			50.85%
1977			58.71%
1971			55.87%
1967			57.07%
1962			49.34%
1957			47.18%
1951			44.44%

General Elections 2024

2024 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. M. Selvaganapathy	566,085	43.38	5.13
	AIADMK	P. Vignesh	495,728	37.99	1.23
	PMK	Annadurai	127,139	9.74
	NTK	Manoj Kumar	76,207	5.84	3.13
	NOTA	None of the above	14,894	1.14	0.23
Margin of victory			70,357	5.39	−
Turnout			1,304,844	78.16
	DMK hold		Swing

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. R. Parthiban	606,302	48.51	22.94
	AIADMK	K. R. S. Saravanan	4,59,376	36.76	−12.51
	MNM	M. Prabhu Manikandan Mudaliar	58,662	4.69
	Independent	S. K. Selvam	52,332	4.19
	NTK	A. Rasa	33,890	2.71
	NOTA	None of the above	17,130	1.37	−0.45
Margin of victory			1,46,926	11.76	−11.93
Turnout			12,49,755	77.91	2.11
Registered electors			16,12,512		7.62
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-0.75

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Pannerselvam	556,546	49.27	6.75
	DMK	S. Umarani	2,88,936	25.58
	DMDK	L. K. Sudhish	2,01,265	17.82	4.37
	INC	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	46,477	4.11	−33.20
	NOTA	None of the above	20,601	1.82
	Independent	N. Chinnusamy	5,374	0.48
	AAP	E. Satheesh Kumar	5,198	0.46
Margin of victory			2,67,610	23.69	18.49
Turnout			11,29,695	76.80	−0.97
Registered electors			14,98,350		27.86
	AIADMK hold		Swing	6.75

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Semmalai	380,460	42.51	6.24
	INC	K. V. Thangkabalu	3,33,969	37.32	−22.64
	DMDK	R. Mohan Raj	1,20,325	13.45
	Independent	C. Selladurai	23,056	2.58
Margin of victory			46,491	5.20	−18.49
Turnout			8,94,916	76.42	17.11
Registered electors			11,71,839		−6.34
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-17.45

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. V. Thangkabalu	444,591	59.96
	AIADMK	A. Rajasekaran	2,68,964	36.28	−13.46
	Independent	M. A. Shah Jahan	8,466	1.14
	Independent	C. D. Jaya Venugopal	4,346	0.59
	ABHM	N. Balakrishnan	4,101	0.55
	JP	R. Rajavel	3,916	0.53
Margin of victory			1,75,627	23.69	20.21
Turnout			7,41,437	59.29	0.10
Registered electors			12,51,141		−0.50
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	10.23

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	T. M. Selvaganapathy	363,689	49.73
	Tamizhaga Rajiv Congress	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	3,38,278	46.26
	TMC(M)	R. Devadass	19,604	2.68
Margin of victory			25,411	3.47	−17.15
Turnout			7,31,277	59.17	−6.20
Registered electors			12,57,383		6.72
	AIADMK gain from Independent		Swing	2.66

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy	365,557	55.47
	TMC(M)	R. Devadass	2,29,677	34.85
	INC	K. V. Thangkabalu	48,027	7.29
	Independent	P. Sampathkumar	10,311	1.56
Margin of victory			1,35,880	20.62	2.57
Turnout			6,58,973	57.70	−7.66
Registered electors			11,78,177		9.01
	Independent gain from TMC(M)		Swing	8.40

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	R. Devadass	315,277	47.07
	INC	K. V. Thangkabalu	1,94,392	29.02	−38.01
	AIIC(T)	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	1,20,345	17.97
	BJP	N. Rajamani	9,538	1.42	0.13
	MDMK	B. Mohanraj	6,245	0.93
	Independent	A. C. Murugesan	4,927	0.74
Margin of victory			1,20,885	18.05	−28.60
Turnout			6,69,817	65.36	4.25
Registered electors			10,80,762		4.92
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-19.96

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	406,042	67.03	6.18
	DMK	K. P. Arthanarisamy	1,23,474	20.38	−3.77
	PMK	K. Arjunan	56,775	9.37
	BJP	K. S. Ramanathan	7,867	1.30
Margin of victory			2,82,568	46.65	9.95
Turnout			6,05,749	61.11	−3.67
Registered electors			10,30,128		−0.19
	INC hold		Swing	6.18

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	400,936	60.85	−8.36
	DMK	M. Karthikeyan	1,59,166	24.16
	PMK	K. Sadasivam	85,628	13.00
	Tamiliar Kazhagam	A. Balasumbramaniam	5,721	0.87
Margin of victory			2,41,770	36.69	−8.74
Turnout			6,58,885	64.78	−6.69
Registered electors			10,32,058		34.59
	INC hold		Swing	-8.36

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	359,819	69.21
	JP	M. A. Kandasamy	1,23,644	23.78
	Independent	T. Sambalingam	6,808	1.31
	Independent	O. K. Ekambaram	6,218	1.20
	Independent	P. Raju	5,785	1.11
	Independent	A. M. Vachravel	3,445	0.66
	Independent	M. Sengottuvelu	3,430	0.66
	Independent	G. Selvaraj	2,752	0.53
	Independent	R. Thangaraju	2,660	0.51
Margin of victory			2,36,175	45.43	39.72
Turnout			5,19,863	71.47	3.40
Registered electors			7,66,792		10.91
	INC gain from DMK		Swing	18.36

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	V. S. Chandirakumar	233,971	50.85	10.53
	AIADMK	P. Kamnan	2,07,713	45.14	−13.57
	INC(U)	M. Gandhinathan	5,381	1.17
	Independent	T. Sambalingam	3,327	0.72
	Independent	P. N. Balasubramaniam	3,007	0.65
Margin of victory			26,258	5.71	−12.68
Turnout			4,60,108	68.07	3.11
Registered electors			6,91,389		1.98
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-7.86

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Kannan	254,138	58.71
	DMK	K. Rajaram	1,74,534	40.32	−15.55
Margin of victory			79,604	18.39	5.12
Turnout			4,32,869	64.96	−5.91
Registered electors			6,77,947		13.65
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	2.84

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E. R. Krishnan	230,736	55.87	−1.19
	INC	M. P. Subramanyam	1,75,940	42.60	2.06
	ABJS	K. N. Lakshmanan	3,944	0.96
	Independent	T. V. Anganna Chettiar	2,339	0.57
Margin of victory			54,796	13.27	−3.25
Turnout			4,12,959	70.87	−4.73
Registered electors			5,96,531		14.64
	DMK hold		Swing	-1.19

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	K. Rajaram	219,380	57.07	11.65
	INC	R. Ramakrishnan	1,55,871	40.55	−8.79
	ABJS	R. S. Rao	9,168	2.38
Margin of victory			63,509	16.52	12.59
Turnout			3,84,419	75.61	5.99
Registered electors			5,20,373		18.15
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	7.73

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. V. Ramaswamy	147,525	49.34	2.16
	DMK	K. Rajagopal	1,35,787	45.42
	Independent	R. K. Periasamy	5,605	1.87
	Independent	T. S. Periasami	5,493	1.84
	ABJS	J. Srinivasan	4,581	1.53
Margin of victory			11,738	3.93	−26.25
Turnout			2,98,991	69.62	24.60
Registered electors			4,40,434		9.63
	INC hold		Swing	2.16

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. V. Ramaswamy	85,342	47.18	2.74
	Independent	S. K. Babie Kandasami	30,764	17.01
	Independent	A. Ganesasankaran	29,529	16.32
	Independent	B. V. Govindaraj	26,878	14.86
	Independent	Manicka Mudaliar	8,370	4.63
Margin of victory			54,578	30.17	24.84
Turnout			1,80,883	45.02	−10.59
Registered electors			4,01,741		9.64
	INC hold		Swing	2.74

General Elections 1951

1951–52 Indian general election: Salem

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. V. Ramaswamy	90,570	44.44	44.44
	Independent	Rao Sahaib S. Durai samy Pillai	79,705	39.11
	Independent	Rangaiah	33,517	16.45
Margin of victory			10,865	5.33
Turnout			2,03,792	55.62
Registered electors			3,66,410		0.00
	INC win (new seat)

See also

• Salem
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha