Constituency
88. Salem-I
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001
TN-SALEM-I
AIADMK 60.0%won by 22.7%DMK 37.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 22.7%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 0.0% to 60.0% of the vote here (+60.0%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.3% of the vote between them, up from 91.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,10,590
Margin
25,131
22.72%
Candidates
12 contested · winner AIADMK- 1VENKATAJALAM SE.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK66,36560.0%
- 2ELANGOVAN M.A.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK41,23437.3%
- 3RAVIKRISHNAN .T.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK9760.9%
- 4L.S.ANBURAJIndependent · IND8470.8%
- 5RAJKUMAR .S.Independent · IND4310.4%
- 6PRAKASH B.V.Independent · IND1980.2%
- 7SAKTHIVEL .N.Independent · IND1060.1%
- 8DURAISAMY .P.Independent · IND1000.1%
- 9BABU .I.Independent · IND910.1%
- 10MADHESU .P.Independent · IND870.1%
- 11SARAVANAKUMAR A.Independent · IND850.1%
- 12THANGAVEL .M.Independent · IND700.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +81.5%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 60.0%
- DMK share
- 58.8% → 37.3%
- Turnout
- — → —