Salem (south) is assembly constituency number 90 in Tamil Nadu, in Salem district, and one of the segments of the Salem Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Vijay Tamilan Parthiban. A of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam won with 44.0% of the vote, 33,369 votes ahead of Loganathan. M (DMK).
- 01Vijay Tamilan Parthiban. ATVK91,37143.95%
- 02Loganathan. MDMK58,00227.90%
- 03Vinoth. JAIADMK50,21624.15%
- 04Sofia. SNTK5,8192.80%
- 05Bas Madheswarantavk4070.20%
- 14 other candidates · 1,342 votesNOTA · 745 (0.36%)
Margin 33,369 votes · 16.05% of valid votes
All 19 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,07,902 valid votes, NOTA included.
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Tamilan Parthiban. AMale · 50 yrs | TVK | 91,371 | 43.95% |
| 2 | Loganathan. MMale · 69 yrs | DMK | 58,002 | 27.90% |
| 3 | Vinoth. JMale · 44 yrs | AIADMK | 50,216 | 24.15% |
| 4 | Sofia. SFemale · 33 yrs | NTK | 5,819 | 2.80% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 745 | 0.36% |
| 5 | Bas MadheswaranMale · 46 yrs | tavk | 407 | 0.20% |
| 6 | Varatharajan. S.pMale · 51 yrs | Independent | 166 | 0.08% |
| 7 | Loganathan. MMale · 33 yrs | Independent | 165 | 0.08% |
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| 8 | Ambedkar. CMale · 47 yrs | Independent | 158 | 0.08% |
| 9 | Jayaraj. SMale · 49 yrs | Independent | 117 | 0.06% |
| 10 | Mayakannan. NMale · 45 yrs | Independent | 99 | 0.05% |
| 11 | Parthiban. AMale · 31 yrs | Independent | 93 | 0.04% |
| 12 | Santhosh. SMale · 36 yrs | Independent | 92 | 0.04% |
| 13 | Praveen Kumar. MMale · 30 yrs | Independent | 91 | 0.04% |
| 14 | Palaniappan. MMale · 62 yrs | Independent | 75 | 0.04% |
| 15 | Loganathan. MMale · 43 yrs | Independent | 71 | 0.03% |
| 16 | Sumathi. PFemale · 33 yrs · ST | Independent | 61 | 0.03% |
| 17 | Parthiban. VMale · 26 yrs | Independent | 58 | 0.03% |
| 18 | Sundaram. RMale · 62 yrs | Independent | 56 | 0.03% |
| 19 | Padmanapan. MMale · 67 yrs | Independent | 40 | 0.02% |
The seat changed hands: ADMK won in 2021, TVK in 2026.
General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.
Salem (south) result 2021
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | E.balasubramanian | AIADMK | 97,506 | 48.76% |
| 2 | A.s.saravanan | DMK | 74,897 | 37.45% |
| 3 | M.prabu Manikandan | MNM | 10,368 | 5.18% |
| 4 | S.mariamma | NTK | 10,176 | 5.09% |
| 5 | Se.venkatajalam | AMMK | 2,970 | 1.49% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 1,860 | 0.93% |
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| 6 | S.murali | BSP | 400 | 0.20% |
| 7 | R.sundaram | Independent | 311 | 0.16% |
| 8 | B.devi | Independent | 224 | 0.11% |
| 9 | K.selvaraj | Independent | 210 | 0.11% |
| 10 | Samundeswari.v | Independent | 149 | 0.07% |
| 11 | R.velmurugan | CPI(ML)(L) | 133 | 0.07% |
| 12 | K.n.veerasenan | Independent | 112 | 0.06% |
| 13 | M.sundar | APoI | 87 | 0.04% |
| 14 | Sathiyapriya | RPPRINAT | 79 | 0.04% |
| 15 | R.elavarasan | VTVTK | 75 | 0.04% |
| 16 | S.saravanan | Independent | 63 | 0.03% |
| 17 | M.kumar | Independent | 62 | 0.03% |
| 18 | M.periyasamy | Independent | 61 | 0.03% |
| 19 | S.raji | DAMK | 61 | 0.03% |
| 20 | N.mayakannan | Independent | 58 | 0.03% |
| 21 | S.krishnakumar | Independent | 46 | 0.02% |
| 22 | K.yasin Basha | Independent | 26 | 0.01% |
| 23 | D.m.mohammad Nazeerudeen | Independent | 26 | 0.01% |
| 24 | K.mariappan | Independent | 22 | 0.01% |
Salem (south) result 2016
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sakthivel A B | AIADMK | 1,01,696 | 51.39% |
| 2 | Gunasekaran M | DMK | 71,243 | 36.00% |
| 3 | Kumar K | PMK | 6,325 | 3.20% |
| 4 | Annadurai N | BJP | 4,686 | 2.37% |
| — | NOTA | NOTA | 4,121 | 2.08% |
| 5 | Jayachandran G | VCK | 3,983 | 2.01% |
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| 6 | Prema B | NTK | 1,788 | 0.90% |
| 7 | Raja S | Independent | 820 | 0.41% |
| 8 | Jayaraj S | Independent | 549 | 0.28% |
| 9 | Elango R C | KMDK | 470 | 0.24% |
| 10 | Solarajan M | BSP | 469 | 0.24% |
| 11 | Kumaresan S | Independent | 372 | 0.19% |
| 12 | Janakiraman J | Independent | 328 | 0.17% |
| 13 | Rajendran L | Independent | 242 | 0.12% |
| 14 | Madheswaran B | Independent | 198 | 0.10% |
| 15 | Patmavathi S | Independent | 140 | 0.07% |
| 16 | Shanmugam K | Independent | 138 | 0.07% |
| 17 | Ramesh Kumar N | NCP | 125 | 0.06% |
| 18 | Loganathan A P | Independent | 104 | 0.05% |
| 19 | Mahalingam N | UCPI | 92 | 0.05% |
Salem (south) result 2011
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Selvaraju.m.k. | AIADMK | 1,12,691 | 64.97% |
| 2 | Sivalingam.s.r. | DMK | 52,476 | 30.25% |
| 3 | Annadurai.n | BJP | 2,377 | 1.37% |
| 4 | Mahalingam.n | UCPI | 2,325 | 1.34% |
| 5 | Sivanandham.m.r | IJK | 622 | 0.36% |
| 6 | Pandiyan.r | BSP | 600 | 0.35% |
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| 7 | Balakrishnan.p | Independent | 462 | 0.27% |
| 8 | Shahjahan.m.a. | Independent | 423 | 0.24% |
| 9 | Janakiraman.j | Independent | 395 | 0.23% |
| 10 | Kalaicheliyan.k | Independent | 287 | 0.17% |
| 11 | Viswanathan.g | LSP | 279 | 0.16% |
| 12 | Sabarimuthu.a | Independent | 156 | 0.09% |
| 13 | Anbu.d | ADSMK | 125 | 0.07% |
| 14 | Shanmugam.n | Independent | 95 | 0.05% |
| 15 | Thomas.k.c. | AIJMK | 88 | 0.05% |
| 16 | Gopal.v | Independent | 63 | 0.04% |
Salem (south) outlined in orange among the other Tamil Nadu seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.
Other seats in Salem district
Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.
Salem (south) is one of the assembly segments of Salem. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Salem candidates.
- Selvaganapathi T MDMK89,177 47.9%
- Vignesh PAIADMK64,777 34.8%
- Annadurai NPMK15,738 8.5%
- Dr Manojkumar GNTK13,158 7.1%
- Bhalaji MIndependent455 0.2%
In the assembly election TVK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, DMK led here by 24,400 EVM votes.
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Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Salem (south).
Who won the Salem (south) assembly seat in 2026?
Vijay Tamilan Parthiban. A of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) won Salem (south) in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 91,371 votes, which was 43.95% of the valid votes polled.
What was the victory margin in Salem (south)?
The margin was 33,369 votes (16.05% of valid votes). The runner-up was Loganathan. M of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam with 58,002 votes.
What was the voter turnout in Salem (south) in 2026?
Turnout was 91.73%: 2,08,117 of 2,26,880 registered electors voted, across 268 polling stations. That is 14.9 points higher than in 2021.
Which Lok Sabha constituency is Salem (south) part of?
Salem (south) is an assembly segment of the Salem Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Selvaganapathi T M got the most EVM votes in this segment.
Is Salem (south) a reserved constituency?
No. Salem (south) is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.
When is the next assembly election in Salem (south)?
The Tamil Nadu assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.
Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.
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