Salem – II Assembly constituency
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Salem-II is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.
Salem-II | |
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Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Tamil Nadu |
District | Salem |
LS constituency | Salem |
Established | 1951 |
Abolished | 2011 |
Reservation | none |
History edit
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 edit
Election results edit
2006 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
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 edit
- ^ "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 edit
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.