Salem North

Salem North is one of the 234 assembly constituencies in the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India. It was created in 2008 when the previous constituencies Salem I and Salem II, were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West.[2]

Salem North
Constituency
District	Salem
State	Tamil Nadu
Current constituency
Created	2008
Party	DMK
MLA	R.Rajendran[1]
Lok Sabha Constituency	Salem

A part of Salem (Lok Sabha constituency), Salem North was one of the 17 assembly constituencies to have VVPAT facility with EVMs in 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election.[3][4]

Salem North consists of:

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Key

  DMDK     DMK  

Election		Member	Party
	2011	R. Mohan Raj[5]	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
	2016	R.Rajendran	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

2016 results

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	R.Devadass	4,157	2.16	n/a
	Naam Tamilar Katchi	R.Kovendhan	1,954	1.02	n/a
	Independent	P.Natesan	1,466	0.76	n/a
	SDPI	A.Amjath Basha	471	0.25	n/a
	NCP	M.Saravanan	431	0.22	n/a
	Independent	K.Govindaraj	401	0.21	n/a
	Independent	R.K.Subramani	344	0.18	n/a
	Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi	C.Senkottuvel	339	0.17	n/a
	Independent	R.Aravinth	249	0.13	n/a
	RPI(A)	B.Latha	182	0.1	n/a
	RPI	S.Ponnuthambi	131	0.07	-0.42
	BSP	V.Ponnusamy	99	0.05	-0.28
	Youth And Students Party	M.Sabbapathi	81	0.04	n/a
	Independent	M.A.Krishnasamy	78	0.04	n/a
	Independent	T.Suresh	67	0.03	n/a
	Independent	P.Velayudham	57	0.03	n/a
	Independent	K.Palanivel	53	0.03	n/a
	Independent	G.Prabhu	31	0.01	n/a
	Independent	P.Ramachandran	30	0.01	n/a
	NOTA	None of the Above	4,009	2.09	n/a
Majority			9,873	5.14	n/a
Turnout			191,820	71.06	-3.42
Registered electors
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	n/a

2011 results

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election 2011: Salem North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMDK	R. Mohan Raj	88,956	54.46	-
	INC	G.Jayaprakash	59,591	36.48	-
	Ulzaipali Makkal Katchy	C.Chinnusamy	4,517	2.77	-
	BJP	D.Mohan	4,133	2.53	-
	Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi	V.Venkatesan	1,965	1.20	-
	RPI	G.Kambar	804	0.49	-
	Independent	M.A.Shahjahan	579	0.35	-
	BSP	K.R.Rameshbabu	541	0.33	-
	Independent	A.Raja	429	0.26	-
	Independent	D.Mohan	403	0.25	-
	Independent	V.Yuvaraja	392	0.24	-
	Independent	K.R.Chinnapaiyan	265	0.16	-
	Independent	A.Mohamed Iliyas	218	0.13	-
	Independent	P.Muthusamy	206	0.13	-
	Independent	T.N.Kannan	194	0.12	-
	Independent	C.Chakravarthy	163	0.10	-
Majority			29,365	17.98	n/a
Turnout			163,459	74.48	-
Registered electors			219,327
	DMDK win (new seat)

References

1. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3473-tamil-nadu-general-legislative-election-2016/?do=download&csrfKey=c8ecc18ebb1cdc0f6c9eeeab67d20632. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu.
3. "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016.
4. "VVPAT ballot units arrive in Salem". The Hindu. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
5. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3340-tamil-nadu-2011/?do=download&csrfKey=c8ecc18ebb1cdc0f6c9eeeab67d20632. Missing or empty |title= (help)