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]
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Salem II is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu Salem IIFormer constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative AssemblyConstituency detailsCountryIndiaRegionSouth IndiaStateTamil NaduDistrictSalemLS constituencySalemEstablished1951Abolished2011ReservationnoneContents 1 History 2 Members of the Legislative Assembly 3 Election results 3 1 2006 3 2 2001 3 3 1996 3 4 1991 3 5 1989 3 6 1984 3 7 1980 3 8 1977 3 9 1971 3 10 1967 3 11 1962 3 12 1957 3 13 1952 4 References 5 External linksHistory editUntil 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 editYear Winner PartyMadras State 1951 C Lakshma Kandan Indian National Congress1957 A Rathnavel Gounder Indian National Congress1962 A Rathnavel Gounder Indian National Congress1967 E R Krishnan Dravida Munnetra KazhagamTamil Nadu1971 K Rajaram Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1977 M Arumugam Janata Party1980 M Arumugam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1984 Arumugam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1989 S Arumugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1991 M Natesan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1996 A L Thangavel Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam2001 M Karthe Pattali Makkal Katchi2006 S Arumugam Dravida Munnetra KazhagamElection results edit2006 edit 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem II 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 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem II 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 1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem II 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 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem II 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 1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem II 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 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem II 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 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem II 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 1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem II 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 1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem II 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 1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election Salem II 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 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election Salem II 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 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election Salem II 3 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 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election Salem Rural 4 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 11 42 00 N 78 08 17 E 11 700 N 78 138 E 11 700 78 138 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Salem II Assembly constituency amp oldid 1217704935, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
