Salem_-_II_Assembly_constituency
Salem – II Assembly constituency
Former constituency in Tamil Nadu, India
Salem-II is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.
Quick Facts Constituency details, Country ...
| Salem-II | |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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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]
More information Year, Winner ...
| 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 | |||||
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2006
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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2001
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1996
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1991
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1989
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1984
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1980
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1977
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1971
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1967
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1962
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1957
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1952
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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) | |||||
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- "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
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- "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.
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.