Salem South Assembly constituency

Salem South or 'Salem (South)' is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu that was formed after the constituency delimitations of 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 90. The previous constituencies, Salem I and Salem II, were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West.^[2] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.

Salem (South)
Constituency No. 90 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Lok Sabha constituency	Salem
Established	2008
Total electors	2,60,372[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent E. Balasubramanian
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Salem South comprises Salem Municipal Corporation Wards No. 37 to 60. It is a part of the wider Salem Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3]

Demographics

Demographics

Category	Data
Created	2016
Vanniyar	35%
Kongu Vellalar/Gounder	25%
Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliae	20%
Adi Dravida	7%
Sourashtra Chetty/Devanga Chettiar	5.5%
Others	8%
Total Electorate	2,63,233

^[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
2011	M. K. Selvaraju		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	A. B. Sakthivel[5]
2021	E. Balasubramanian

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			49.22%
2016			51.39%
2011			64.97%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (South)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	E. Balasubramanian	97,506	49.22%	−2.18%
	DMK	A. S. Saravanan	74,897	37.80%	1.80%
	MNM	M. Prabu Manikandan	10,368	5.23%
	NTK	S. Mariamma	10,176	5.14%	4.23%
	AMMK	Se. Venkatajalam	2,970	1.50%
	NOTA	Nota	1,860	0.94%	−1.14%
Margin of victory			22,609	11.41%	−3.98%
Turnout			1,98,122	76.09%	0.92%
Rejected ballots			184	0.09%
Registered electors			2,60,372
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-2.18%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (South)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Sakthivel A B	101,696	51.39%	−13.57%
	DMK	Gunasekaran M	71,243	36.00%	5.75%
	PMK	Kumar K	6,325	3.20%
	BJP	Annadurai N	4,686	2.37%	1.00%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	4,121	2.08%
	VCK	Jayachandran G	3,983	2.01%
	NTK	Prema B	1,788	0.90%
Margin of victory			30,453	15.39%	−19.32%
Turnout			1,97,889	75.18%	−3.69%
Registered electors			2,63,233
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-13.57%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (South)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Selvaraju. M. K.	112,691	64.97%
	DMK	Sivalingam. S. R.	52,476	30.25%
	BJP	Annadurai. N	2,377	1.37%
	UCPI	Mahalingam. N	2,325	1.34%
Margin of victory			60,215	34.71%	{{{change}}}
Turnout			2,19,949	78.87%
Registered electors			1,73,464
	AIADMK win (new seat)