Constituency
89. Salem-Ii
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001
TN-SALEM-II
PMK 54.2%won by 13.1%DMK 41.1%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), which now leads by 13.1%.
- PMK vote sharePMK went from 0.0% to 54.2% of the vote here (+54.2%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.4% of the vote between them, up from 86.1% — 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
1,14,855
Margin
15,085
13.13%
Candidates
12 contested · winner PMK- 1KARTHE M.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK62,30654.2%
- 2THANGAVEL. A.L.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK47,22141.1%
- 3G.ARJUNAMMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK2,0301.8%
- 4SETHURAMAN.K.Independent · IND7970.7%
- 5VENKATACHALAM.S.V.Independent · IND6400.6%
- 6PONNUSAMY.V.Bahujan Samaj Party · BSP4970.4%
- 7RAMAN. R.Independent · IND4090.4%
- 8MUTHU KUMAR. K.M.Independent · IND2660.2%
- 9SAMBU.K.Independent · IND2410.2%
- 10CHITHRAMANI. A.Independent · IND2100.2%
- 11ARUMUGAM.S.P.Independent · IND1360.1%
- 12SATHRIASEKAR .C.P.Independent · IND1020.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- PMKflipped
- PMK–DMK swing
- +68.1%
- PMK share
- 0.0% → 54.2%
- DMK share
- 54.9% → 41.1%
- Turnout
- — → —