Constituency
370. Salem
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-SALEM
INC 67.0%won by 46.6%DMK 20.4%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 36.7% to 46.6%.
- TurnoutTurnout fell 5.0% to 58.8%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- 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
10,30,128
Turnout
58.8%
Valid votes
6,05,749
Margin
2,82,568
46.65%
Candidates
18 contested · winner INC- 1RANGARAJANM KUMARAMANGALAMIndian National Congress · INC4,06,04267.0%
- 2ARTHANARISAMY K.P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,23,47420.4%
- 3ARJUNAN K.Pattali Makkal Katchi · PMK56,7759.4%
- 4RAMANATHAN K.S.Bharatiya Janata Party · BJP7,8671.3%
- 5PARAMASIVAM V.S.Janahitha Paksha · JP2,6750.4%
- 6ANBALALI SELVI V. (W)Independent · IND1,7190.3%
- 7SEKAR S.Independent · IND1,1400.2%
- 8BHARATHI ALIAS BHARATHIRAJA A.TMM · TMM1,0370.2%
- 9RAMCHANDRAN T.Independent · IND9830.2%
- 10SELLADURAI S.Independent · IND9530.2%
- 11KANDASAMY M.Independent · IND5740.1%
- 12SIVAGNANAM S.T.Independent · IND4740.1%
- 13CHAKKARAPANI N.Independent · IND4580.1%
- 14THIRUGANANA - SAMBANTHAM K.Independent · IND4130.1%
- 15VELLIANGIRIIndependent · IND3650.1%
- 16CHANDRASEKAR P.P.Independent · IND3110.1%
- 17SIVAPRAKASAM P.Independent · IND2720.0%
- 18SIVA KUMAR D.Independent · IND2170.0%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- +10.0%
- INC share
- 60.9% → 67.0%
- DMK share
- 24.2% → 20.4%
- Turnout
- 63.8% → 58.8%