Constituency
89. Salem (North)
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2026
TN-SALEM-NORTH
TVK 40.7%won by 6.7%DMK 34.0%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), which now leads by 6.7%.
- TVK vote shareTVK went from 0.0% to 40.7% of the vote here (+40.7%).
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.7% between them, down from 88.6% — the field split more ways.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
—
not in source
Turnout
—
not in source
Valid votes
2,10,712
Margin
14,034
6.66%
Candidates
15 contested · winner TVK- 1SIVAKUMAR. KTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK85,71040.7%
- 2RAJENDRAN. RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK71,67634.0%
- 3SADHASIVAM. SPattali Makkal Katchi · PMK44,23821.0%
- 4GUNASEELA. MNTK · NTK6,4503.1%
- 5NOTANOTA · NOTA1,2050.6%
- 6MOHANRAJ. STamilaga Vettri Kazhagam · TVK3380.2%
- 7JOTHILAKSHMI. R.SVTK · VTK1760.1%
- 8RAJA. AIndependent · IND1510.1%
- 9SABAREESAN. DIndependent · IND1370.1%
- 10RAJASEKAR. SIndependent · IND1280.1%
- 11RAJENDRAN. AIndependent · IND1220.1%
- 12MAHABUB JOHN. KIndependent · IND1170.1%
- 13PRAVINA. GIndependent · IND970.0%
- 14MANIVANNAN. SIndependent · IND900.0%
- 15PALANISAMY. RIndependent · IND770.0%
Since 2021
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- TVKflipped
- TVK–DMK swing
- +52.8%
- TVK share
- 0.0% → 40.7%
- DMK share
- 46.2% → 34.0%
- Turnout
- 72.1% → —