Tamil Nadu · PC 15

Salem

Name: Salem
Address: Tamil Nadu, IN

Lok Sabha General Election 1998

← Lok Sabha General Election 1998 · Tamil Nadu

1,178,177

Electors

658,973

Votes polled

55.93%

Turnout

135,880

Margin

Winner

Ramamurthy K.

Male

Rank	Candidate	Party	Total	Share
1	Ramamurthy K. Won Male	IND	365,557	55.47%
2	Devadass R. Male	TMC(M)	229,677	34.85%
3	Thangkabalu K.V. Male	INC	48,027	7.29%
4	Sampathkumar P. Male	IND	10,311	1.56%
5	Kesavarajan S. Male	AJBP	2,091	0.32%
6	Padmanabhan A.G. Male	BSP	1,710	0.26%
7	Marimuthu P. Male	IND	550	0.08%
8	Palanisamy K. Male	IND	495	0.08%
9	Singaravelu C. Male	IND	405	0.06%
10	Periasamy T. Male	IND	150	0.02%

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%