Tamil Nadu · PC 15
Salem
Lok Sabha General Election 1996
1,080,762
Electors
669,033
Votes polled
61.90%
Turnout
120,885
Margin
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Devadass.R
Won
Male
|
TMC(M) | 315,277 | 47.07% |
| 2 |
Thangkabalu K.V
Male
|
INC | 194,392 | 29.02% |
| 3 |
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam.P
Male
|
AIIC(T) | 120,345 | 17.97% |
| 4 |
Rajamani.N
Male
|
BJP | 9,538 | 1.42% |
| 5 |
Mohanraj.B
Male
|
MDMK | 6,245 | 0.93% |
| 6 |
Murugesan.A.C
Male
|
IND | 4,927 | 0.74% |
| 7 |
Eswaran.S
Male
|
IND | 1,944 | 0.29% |
| 8 |
Madeswaran.A
Male
|
RPI | 1,218 | 0.18% |
| 9 |
Chinnasamy.V
Male
|
IND | 1,172 | 0.17% |
| 10 |
Manickam C
Male
|
IND | 1,164 | 0.17% |
| 11 |
Rajendran.A
Male
|
IND | 1,063 | 0.16% |
| 12 |
Balavenkatesh.M
Male
|
IND | 1,009 | 0.15% |
| 13 |
Nagamanickam.Bala
Male
|
IND | 988 | 0.15% |
| 14 |
Sait Musthafa.S
Male
|
IND | 911 | 0.14% |
| 15 |
Mahabook Shariff.A
Male
|
IND | 897 | 0.13% |
| 17 |
Ganesan.K
Male
|
IND | 784 | 0.12% |
| 18 |
Ram Mohan.V
Male
|
IND | 755 | 0.11% |
| 19 |
Selvakumaran.P.M
Male
|
IND | 698 | 0.10% |
| 20 |
Sampath Kumar.P
Male
|
IND | 644 | 0.10% |
| 21 |
Meganathan.S.B
Male
|
IND | 571 | 0.09% |
| 22 |
Palanisamy.K
Male
|
IND | 540 | 0.08% |
| 23 |
Kandasami.M
Male
|
IND | 466 | 0.07% |
| 24 |
Ramamoorthy.B
Male
|
IND | 456 | 0.07% |
| 25 |
Krishnamoorthy.N
Male
|
IND | 417 | 0.06% |
| 26 |
Sivagnanam.S.T
Male
|
IND | 406 | 0.06% |
| 27 |
Mayan.P
Male
|
IND | 399 | 0.06% |
| 28 |
Annamalai.K
Male
|
IND | 397 | 0.06% |
| 29 |
Padmanapan.K.M
Male
|
IND | 396 | 0.06% |
| 30 |
Chakkarapani.N
Male
|
IND | 318 | 0.05% |
| 31 |
Annamalai.S
Male
|
IND | 245 | 0.04% |
| 32 |
Vedanayagam Rama
Male
|
IND | 188 | 0.03% |
| 33 |
Venkatachalam.S
Male
|
IND | 183 | 0.03% |
| 34 |
Velliangiri K.S Veerapandi
Male
|
IND | 80 | 0.01% |
Party Wise Vote Share
Overall vote % (Pie)Voter Participation by Gender
EVM voters — male vs femaleGender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.
Salem Constituency Results by Year
| 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% |