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.

Key Information

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^[2]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent R. Rajendran^[1]
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:

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

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

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Vote share of winning candidates

2021			46.52%
2016			45.14%
2011			54.46%

2021

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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

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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

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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)

References

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^ "Salem (North) Assembly Election Results 2021". Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^ "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
^ "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012. Retrieved 29 August 2011.
^ "EC to tighten grip on cash for votes". The Hindu. 12 February 2016.
^ "VVPAT ballot units arrive in Salem". The Hindu. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

"Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.

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