Salem is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in West Tamil Nadu of Tamil Nadu and is located in South India. Salem Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 74.56%. There are 14,98,350 voters of which 7,59,981 are male and 7,38,253 are female and 116 voters of the third gender.
V Panneer Selvam of AIADMK (alliance: NDA) won in this seat defeating DMK. AIADMK polled 5,56,546 of the total of 11,50,296 votes polled. AIADMK won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Salem goes to the polls in the 2st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Thursday, April 18, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 76.80%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 15 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 6 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 14,98,350 |
| Number of Male Voters | 7,59,981 |
| Number of Female Voters | 7,38,253 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | AIADMK | AIADMK |
| Turnout % | 76.80% | 76.45% |
| Margin of Victory | 2,67,610 | 46,491 |
| Margin of Victory % | 23.26% | 5.19% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | AIADMK | AIADMK |
| Turnout % | 76.80% | 76.45% |
| Margin of Victory | 2,67,610 | 46,491 |
| Margin of Victory % | 23.26% | 5.19% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| DMK | 606302 | 48.29% | Parthiban S RWinner |
| AIADMK | 459376 | 36.59% | Saravanan K R S |
| MNM | 58662 | 4.67% | Prabhu Manikandan M |
| IND | 52332 | 4.17% | Selvam S K |
| NTK | 33890 | 2.70% | Rasa A |
| NOTA | 17130 | 1.36% | Nota |
| TIK | 4563 | 0.36% | Silambarasan C |
| IND | 4273 | 0.34% | Sivaraman S |
| BSP | 3543 | 0.28% | Sadaiyan M |
| IND | 1991 | 0.16% | Manimaran C |
| IND | 1679 | 0.13% | Natarajan C |
| IND | 1556 | 0.12% | Ravi A |
| IND | 1465 | 0.12% | Murthy Kamarajar M |
| IND | 1461 | 0.12% | Pravina G |
| IND | 1369 | 0.11% | Ahamed Shahjahan M |
| IND | 1148 | 0.09% | Tamilarasan T |
| IND | 1102 | 0.09% | Surulivel N K |
| SUCI | 777 | 0.06% | Mohan P |
| IND | 773 | 0.06% | Madeswaran S |
| IND | 636 | 0.05% | Kalaimannan C |
| IND | 541 | 0.04% | Hariharan K |
| IND | 450 | 0.04% | Raja A |
| IND | 440 | 0.04% | Ramachandran K T |
