Salem-ii Assembly Constituency Election Result

Salem-ii is a legislative assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Election results of Salem-ii assembly constituency seat is given below in a table that also lists all MLAs from this seat. Click election year in the table, for more detailed result.

List of all MLA from Salem-ii Assembly Constituency Seat (Tamil Nadu) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2006	Arumugam S	DMK	85348
2001	Karthe M	PMK	62306
1996	Thangavel, A L	DMK	63588
1991	Natesan M	ADK	66904
1989	Arumugam, S	DMK	45358
1984	Arumugam	ADK	49339
1980	Arumugam, M	ADK	40975
1977	M Arumugam	JNP	22636

2006 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Arumugam S Male 66 yr GEN	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	85348
2	Sureshkumar R Male 47 yr GEN	AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	70605
3	Gnanasekaran K V Male 34 yr GEN	DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	20026
4	Anandhan P T Male 50 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	1574
5	Ponnusamy V Male 48 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	668
6	Sreedhar N Male 33 yr GEN	IND Independent	510
7	Saravanan R Male 38 yr GEN	IND Independent	469
8	Sambu K Male 37 yr GEN	IND Independent	332
9	Rajagopal P Male 55 yr GEN	IND Independent	282
10	Abdul Khadhar M S Male 41 yr GEN	IND Independent	194
11	Kandasamy S Male 41 yr GEN	IND Independent	156
12	Arumugam S Male 63 yr GEN	IND Independent	136
13	Arivalagan P Male 35 yr GEN	IND Independent	84
14	Arumugam N Male 45 yr GEN	IND Independent	81
15	Arumugam S Male 42 yr GEN	IND Independent	80
	Total		180545

In 2006, Salem-ii legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 180545. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Arumugam S won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 85348 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Sureshkumar R stood second with total 70605 votes. He lost by 14743 votes.

2001 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Karthe M Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	62306 54.25%
2	Thangavel A L Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	47221 41.11%
3	G Arjunam Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2030 1.77%
4	Sethuraman K Male	IND Independent	797 0.69%
5	Venkatachalam S V Male	IND Independent	640 0.56%
6	Ponnusamy V Male	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	497 0.43%
7	Raman R Male	IND Independent	409 0.36%
8	Muthu Kumar K M Male	IND Independent	266 0.23%
9	Sambu K Male	IND Independent	241 0.21%
10	Chithramani A Male	IND Independent	210 0.18%
11	Arumugam S P Male	IND Independent	136 0.12%
12	Sathriasekar C P Male	IND Independent	102 0.09%
	Total		114855 60.41%

In 2001, Salem-ii legislative assembly constituency had total 190192 electors. Total number of valid vote was 114855. Pattali Makkal Katchi candidate Karthe M won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 62306 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Thangavel A L stood second with total 47221 votes. He lost by 15085 votes.

1996 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Thangavel, A L Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	63588 54.93%
2	Semmalai, S Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	36097 31.18%
3	Mohanraj, R Male	AIIC(T) All India Indira Congress (tiwari)	10794 9.32%
4	Vennira Aadai Nirmala (selvi) Female	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	1997 1.72%
5	Thamarai Kannan, K S V Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1719 1.48%
6	Krishnan, K Male	IND Independent	331 0.29%
7	Maganlal Jain, R Male	IND Independent	248 0.21%
8	Sivaji, S Male	IND Independent	153 0.13%
9	Chinniah, N Male	IND Independent	116 0.1%
10	Vaiyapuri, V Male	IND Independent	100 0.09%
11	Balaji, S Male	IND Independent	82 0.07%
12	Sunder Rajan, R Male	IND Independent	66 0.06%
13	Raman, R Male	IND Independent	56 0.05%
14	Balakrishnan, K P Male	IND Independent	55 0.05%
15	Saravanan, R Male	IND Independent	53 0.05%
16	Arunachalam, S Male	IND Independent	52 0.04%
17	Ganesan, K Male	IND Independent	50 0.04%
18	Kanakaraj, D Male	IND Independent	47 0.04%
19	Kandasamy, R Male	IND Independent	46 0.04%
20	Selvaraj, S Male	IND Independent	36 0.03%
21	Vijayakumar, S Male	IND Independent	36 0.03%
22	Natarajan, G Male	IND Independent	29 0.03%
23	Vairam, T Male	IND Independent	20 0.02%
	Total		115771 61.95%

In 1996, Salem-ii legislative assembly constituency had total 193468 electors. Total number of valid vote was 115771. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Thangavel, A L won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 63588 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Semmalai, S stood second with total 36097 votes. He lost by 27491 votes.

1991 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Natesan M Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	66904 63.9%
2	Arumugam S Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	26997 25.79%
3	Manickam K Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	9170 8.76%
4	Nallahambi M M Male	JP Janata Party	417 0.4%
5	Ariyan K P Male	IND Independent	151 0.14%
6	Ramasamy M Male	IND Independent	131 0.13%
7	Anbalagaan M Male	IND Independent	83 0.08%
8	Kaliappan K Male	IND Independent	70 0.07%
9	Ashookumar V Male	IND Independent	65 0.06%
10	Allimuthu N Male	IND Independent	64 0.06%
11	Chandra Gounder K Male	IND Independent	59 0.06%
12	Palaniasami R Male	IND Independent	59 0.06%
13	Saravanan R Male	IND Independent	50 0.05%
14	Arumugam R Male	IND Independent	47 0.04%
15	Arugumam M Male	IND Independent	47 0.04%
16	Janardhanan N Male	IND Independent	47 0.04%
17	Pachamuthu C Male	TMM Tharasu Makkal Mandram	37 0.04%
18	Ashokkumar P Male	IND Independent	36 0.03%
19	Manohar K Male	IND Independent	32 0.03%
20	Nagaraj E Male	IND Independent	32 0.03%
21	Rajagopal N Male	IND Independent	30 0.03%
22	Venkatesan A Male	IND Independent	30 0.03%
23	Sekar S Male	IND Independent	30 0.03%
24	Nagendran A V Male	IND Independent	28 0.03%
25	Natarajan V Male	IND Independent	25 0.02%
26	Pandian E Male	IND Independent	21 0.02%
27	Vijayan E Male	IND Independent	19 0.02%
28	Kumar V Male	IND Independent	14 0.01%
	Total		104695 58.29%

In 1991, Salem-ii legislative assembly constituency had total 183748 electors. Total number of valid vote was 104695. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Natesan M won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 66904 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Arumugam S stood second with total 26997 votes. He lost by 39907 votes.

1989 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Arumugam, S Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	45358 43.52%
2	Natesan, M Male	ADK(JL) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group)	24593 23.6%
3	Rajendran, U Male	INC Indian National Congress	22755 21.83%
4	Rajaram, K Male	ADK(JR) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(janaki Ramachandran)	10178 9.77%
5	Murali, M Male	IND Independents	348 0.33%
6	Balakrishnan, K P Male	IND Independents	208 0.2%
7	Arumugam, V Male	IND Independents	173 0.17%
8	Rajagopal, V R Male	IND Independents	141 0.14%
9	Rathinam, K C Male	IND Independents	141 0.14%
10	Perumal, L Male	IND Independents	81 0.08%
11	Uma Shankar, P S Male	IND Independents	80 0.08%
12	Kadirvel, S Male	IND Independents	57 0.05%
13	Vairavan, N Male	IND Independents	48 0.05%
14	Sekar S Male	IND Independents	30 0.03%
15	Venkatachalam, P Male	IND Independents	29 0.03%
	Total		104220 67.12%

In 1989, Salem-ii legislative assembly constituency had total 158332 electors. Total number of valid vote was 104220. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Arumugam, S won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 45358 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(jayalalita Group) candidate Natesan, M stood second with total 24593 votes. He lost by 20765 votes.

1984 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Arumugam Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	49339 53.79%
2	Arumugam S Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	41333 45.07%
3	Thiyagarajan, K S Male	IND Independent	224 0.24%
4	Kandasamy, C Male	IND Independent	208 0.23%
5	Jayaprakasam, S Male	IND Independent	150 0.16%
6	Palanivel, K Male	IND Independent	148 0.16%
7	Pathasarathi G Male	IND Independent	148 0.16%
8	Varadharajan K Male	IND Independent	112 0.12%
9	Shanavas K Male	IND Independent	56 0.06%
	Total		91718 72.22%

In 1984, Salem-ii legislative assembly constituency had total 132481 electors. Total number of valid vote was 91718. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Arumugam won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 49339 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Arumugam S stood second with total 41333 votes. He lost by 8006 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Arumugam, M Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	40975 51.57%
2	Anbalagan, K Male	INC(I) Indian National Congress (i)	36235 45.61%
3	Solai-erusan Male	JNP(JP) Janata Party (jp)	1594 2.01%
4	Seerangan, M Male	IND Independent	446 0.56%
5	Dhanamannar, M Male	IND Independent	200 0.25%
	Total		79450 65.07%

In 1980, Salem-ii legislative assembly constituency had total 123202 electors. Total number of valid vote was 79450. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Arumugam, M won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 40975 votes. Indian National Congress (i) candidate Anbalagan, K stood second with total 36235 votes. He lost by 4740 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	M Arumugam Male	JNP Janata Party	22636 31.41%
2	K A Thangavelu Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	20523 28.48%
3	K S Arthanari Male	CPM Communist Party Of India (marxist)	19173 26.61%
4	K V Ramaswamy Male	CPI Communist Party Of India	9731 13.5%
	Total		72063 52.9%

In 1977, Salem-ii legislative assembly constituency had total 137557 electors. Total number of valid vote was 72063. Janata Party candidate M Arumugam won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 22636 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate K A Thangavelu stood second with total 20523 votes. He lost by 2113 votes.