Constituency
89. Salem (North)
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2021
TN-SALEM-NORTH
DMK 46.2%won by 3.7%AIADMK 42.4%
What changed here
DerivedDravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.1% to 3.7%.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
2,80,532
Turnout
72.1%
Valid votes
2,02,376
Margin
7,588
3.75%
Candidates
21 contested · winner DMK- 1R. RAJENDRANDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK93,43246.2%
- 2G.VENKATACHALAMAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK85,84442.4%
- 3R S GURU CHAKRAVARTHYMNM · MNM10,7185.3%
- 4IMAYAESWARAN NNTK · NTK8,1554.0%
- 5None Of The AboveNOTA · NOTA1,5390.8%
- 6C NATARAJANAnaithu Makkal Munnetra Kazhagam · AMMK8050.4%
- 7M.P.PANNEER SELVAMNational People's Party · NPP3450.2%
- 8S VELANBahujan Samaj Party · BSP3000.1%
- 9A RAMESHKUMARIndependent · IND2130.1%
- 10R PALANISAMYIndependent · IND2080.1%
- 11S RAJASEKARIndependent · IND1770.1%
- 12N DEVARAJIndependent · IND1670.1%
- 13M AHAMEDSHAHJAHANMMK · MMK960.0%
- 14M.SHANMUGA SUNDARAMIndependent · IND730.0%
- 15R SENTHILKUMARIndependent · IND630.0%
- 16VAATHIAR C MURUGANAPOI · APOI550.0%
- 17M.R.NAWAZUDIEENIndependent · IND500.0%
- 18T.VIJAYA RAJIndependent · IND450.0%
- 19S. BABUMIP · MIP390.0%
- 20P.RAMACHANDRANIndependent · IND270.0%
- 21D.MURALIDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK250.0%
Since 2016
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- DMK
- DMK–AIADMK swing
- −1.4%
- DMK share
- 45.1% → 46.2%
- AIADMK share
- 40.0% → 42.4%
- Turnout
- 72.1% → 72.1%