Tamil Nadu · PC 15

Salem

Name: Salem
Address: Tamil Nadu, IN

Lok Sabha General Election 1977

← Lok Sabha General Election 1977 · Tamil Nadu

677,947

Electors

432,869

Votes polled

63.85%

Turnout

79,604

Margin

Winner

Kannan P.

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Kannan P. Won Male	ADK	254,138	58.71%
2	Rajaram K. Male	DMK	174,534	40.32%
3	Ramalingam B.T. Male	IND	1,296	0.30%
4	Adhinarayanan N. Male	IND	1,103	0.25%
5	Ponnusamy T. Male	IND	1,059	0.24%
6	Asaithambi K. Male	IND	739	0.17%

Overall vote % (Pie)

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Year	Winner	Vote share	Runner-up	Vote share
2024	Selvaganapathi T M Male DMK	43.30%	Vignesh P Male ADMK	37.92%
2019	Parthiban.S.R Male DMK	48.26%	Saravanan.K.R.S Male ADMK	36.56%
2014	Pannerselvam.V Male ADMK	48.36%	Umarani. S Female DMK	25.11%
2009	Semmalai S ADMK	42.48%	Thangkabalu K V INC	37.29%
2004	Thangkabalu K. V. Male INC	59.96%	Rajasekaran. A Male ADMK	36.28%
1999	Selvaganapathi, T.M. Male ADMK	49.73%	Ramamurthy, K. Male TRC	46.26%
1998	Ramamurthy K. Male IND	55.47%	Devadass R. Male TMC(M)	34.85%
1996	Devadass.R Male TMC(M)	47.07%	Thangkabalu K.V Male INC	29.02%
1991	Rangarajanm Kumaramangalam Male INC	67.03%	Arthanarisamy K.P. Male DMK	20.38%
1989	Rangarajan Kumarmangalam Male INC	60.85%	Karthikeyan M. Male DMK	24.16%
1984	Rangarajan Kumar Mangalam Male INC	69.21%	Kandasamy M.A. Male JnP	23.78%
1980	Palaniappan C. Male DMK	50.85%	Kamnan P. Male ADK	45.14%
1977	Kannan P. Male ADK	58.71%	Rajaram K. Male DMK	40.32%
1971	E. R. Krishnan Male DMK	55.87%	M. P. Subramanyam Male NCO	42.60%