Constituency
391. Salem
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-SALEM
INC 60.0%won by 23.7%AIADMK 36.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 23.7%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 60.0% of the vote here (+60.0%).
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
12,51,141
Turnout
59.3%
Valid votes
7,41,437
Margin
1,75,627
23.69%
Candidates
15 contested · winner INC- 1THANGKABALU K. V.Indian National Congress · INC4,44,59160.0%
- 2RAJASEKARAN. AAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,68,96436.3%
- 3SHAH JAHAN. M AIndependent · IND8,4661.1%
- 4JAYA VENUGOPAL. C DIndependent · IND4,3460.6%
- 5BALAKRISHNAN. NAkhil Bharat Hindu Mahasabha · ABHM4,1010.6%
- 6RAJAVEL. RJanahitha Paksha · JP3,9160.5%
- 7RAJAVEL. MIndependent · IND1,3340.2%
- 8ASRAF ALI. DR. A KIndependent · IND9200.1%
- 9BASKAR. AIndependent · IND8290.1%
- 10RATHINAM. PIndependent · IND7470.1%
- 11BASHEER. JIndependent · IND6900.1%
- 12GOPAL. K AIndependent · IND6730.1%
- 13KANNAN. G AIndependent · IND6600.1%
- 14SELVAM. KIndependent · IND6110.1%
- 15SYED MOHAMMED. MIndependent · IND5890.1%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–AIADMK swing
- +73.4%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 60.0%
- AIADMK share
- 49.7% → 36.3%
- Turnout
- 58.2% → 59.3%