SALEM-II
Assembly seat no. 89 in Tamil Nadu · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 8 times since 1977.
Winner, 2001
KARTHE M.
PMK
Elections held
8
1977–2006
Most successful party
DMK
won 3 of 8
Margin, 2001
15,085
13.13% of valid votes
Result, 2001
Runner-up
DMKTHANGAVEL. A.L.
- Votes
- 47,221
- Vote share
- 41.11%
- Behind by
- 15,085
Electors
1,90,192
Total votes polled
1,14,855
Valid votes
1,14,855
NOTA votes
—
Turnout
60.4%
Full result, 2001
12 candidates · 1,14,855 valid votes
KARTHE M.PMKwon
62,306
54.3%
THANGAVEL. A.L.DMK
47,221
41.1%
G.ARJUNAMMDMK
2,030
1.8%
SETHURAMAN.K.IND
797
0.7%
VENKATACHALAM.S.V.IND
640
0.6%
PONNUSAMY.V.BSP
497
0.4%
RAMAN. R.IND
409
0.4%
MUTHU KUMAR. K.M.IND
266
0.2%
SAMBU.K.IND
241
0.2%
CHITHRAMANI. A.IND
210
0.2%
ARUMUGAM.S.P.IND
136
0.1%
SATHRIASEKAR .C.P.IND
102
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 5 of 8 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | ARUMUGAM S | DMK | 85,348 | 47.27% | SURESHKUMAR R | 14,743 |
| 2001 | KARTHE M. | PMK | 62,306 | 54.25% | THANGAVEL. A.L. | 15,085 |
| 1996 | THANGAVEL, A.L. | DMK | 63,588 | 54.93% | SEMMALAI, S. | 27,491 |
| 1991 | NATESAN M. | ADK | 66,904 | 63.90% | ARUMUGAM S. | 39,907 |
| 1989 | ARUMUGAM, S. | DMK | 45,358 | 43.52% | NATESAN, M. | 20,765 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
