SALEM
Constituency no. 15 in Tamil Nadu · Lok Sabha seat contested 14 times since 1971.
Winner, 2024
SELVAGANAPATHI T M
DMK
Elections held
14
1971–2024
Most successful party
DMK
won 4 of 14
Margin, 2024
70,357
5.39% of valid votes
Result, 2024
Runner-up
ADMKVIGNESH P
- Votes
- 4,95,728
- Vote share
- 37.99%
- Behind by
- 70,357
Electors
—
Total votes polled
13,04,844
Valid votes
13,04,844
NOTA votes
14,894
1.14% of votes polled
Turnout
—
Full result, 2024
25 candidates · 13,04,844 valid votes
SELVAGANAPATHI T MDMKwon
5,66,085
43.4%
VIGNESH PADMK
4,95,728
38.0%
ANNADURAI NPMKT
1,27,139
9.7%
DR MANOJKUMAR GNTK
76,207
5.8%
BHALAJI MIND
3,441
0.3%
MURALI SBSP
3,372
0.3%
PALANIVEL KIND
2,856
0.2%
JEGANNATHAN AIND
2,411
0.2%
RAJA SIND
1,456
0.1%
MUTHUSAMY SIND
1,197
0.1%
ER PRABAKARAN SIND
1,155
0.1%
SHANMUGAM GIND
1,147
0.1%
Showing the top 12 of 25. The full list is in the API.
Past results
Most recent 5 of 14 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | SELVAGANAPATHI T M | DMK | 5,66,085 | 43.38% | VIGNESH P | 70,357 |
| 2019 | PARTHIBAN.S.R | DMK | 6,06,302 | 48.29% | SARAVANAN.K.R.S | 1,46,926 |
| 2014 | PANNERSELVAM.V | ADMK | 5,56,546 | 48.38% | UMARANI. S | 2,67,610 |
| 2009 | SEMMALAI S | ADMK | 3,80,460 | 42.48% | THANGKABALU K V | 46,491 |
| 2004 | THANGKABALU K. V. | INC | 4,44,591 | 59.96% | RAJASEKARAN. A | 1,75,627 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
