Salem – II Assembly constituency

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

Salem-II
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Lok Sabha constituency	Salem
Established	1951
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

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

Year	Winner	Party
Madras State
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
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)