Salem North Assembly constituency

Salem North or 'Salem (North)' is one of the 234 assembly constituencies in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 89. It was created in 2008 when the previous constituencies, Salem I and Salem II, were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West.^[3] It is also a part of Salem Lok Sabha constituency.

Salem (North)
Constituency No. 89 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Lok Sabha constituency	Salem
Established	2008
Total electors	2,76,022[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent R. Rajendran[2]
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Salem North was one of the 17 Assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in the 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.^[4][5]

Salem North consists of:

1. Salem Municipal Corporation Wards - No.6 to 16 and 26 to 36
2. Kannankurichi (Town Panchayat)

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Member	Party
2011	R. Mohan Raj		Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
2016	R. Rajendran		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			46.52%
2016			45.14%
2011			54.46%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Rajendran	93,432	46.17	+1.04
	AIADMK	G. Venkatachalam	85,844	42.42	+2.43
	MNM	R.S. Guru Chakravarthy	10,718	5.3	new
	NTK	N. Imaya Eswaran	8,155	4.03	+3.01
Majority			7,588	3.74	−1.4
Turnout			1,98,896	72.06	−0.06
Registered electors			2,76,022
	DMK hold		Swing	+1.04

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	R. Rajendran	86,583	45.13	n/a
	AIADMK	K.R.S.Saravanan	76,710	39.99	n/a
	PMK	Kathir. Raasaratinam	7,975	4.16	n/a
	BJP	R.P.Gopinath	5,922	3.08	+0.55
	TMC(M)	R. Devadass	4,157	2.16	n/a
	None of the Above	None of the Above	4,009	2.09	n/a
	NTK	R. Kovendhan	1,954	1.02	n/a
Majority			9,873	5.14	n/a
Turnout			1,91,841	72.12	−2.42
Registered electors			2,65,999
	DMK gain from DMDK		Swing	n/a

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	R. Mohan Raj	88,956	54.46	−
	INC	G. Jayaprakash	59,591	36.48	−
	UMK	C. Chinnusamy	4,517	2.77	−
	BJP	D. Mohan	4,133	2.53	−
	IJK	V. Venkatesan	1,965	1.20	−
Majority			29,365	17.98	n/a
Turnout			1,63,459	74.53	−
Registered electors			219,327
	DMDK win (new seat)