# Salem – II Assembly constituency

Salem-II is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.

## History

Until 2008, the city of Salem was part of the Salem I and Salem II assembly constituencies. Since 1977, the ADMK won the Salem II assembly seat three times (1980, 1984 and 1991) and the DMK also won three times (1989, 1996 and 2006); the Janata Party (JP) won in 1977 and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) won in 2001.
The constituencies of Salem were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West in 2008.

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| Madras State ||||
| 1951 | C. Lakshma Kandan | Indian National Congress |
| 1957 | A. Rathnavel Gounder | Indian National Congress |
| 1962 | A. Rathnavel Gounder | Indian National Congress |
| 1967 | E. R. Krishnan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Tamil Nadu ||||
| 1971 | K. Rajaram | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1977 | M. Arumugam | Janata Party |
| 1980 | M. Arumugam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1984 | Arumugam | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1989 | S. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1991 | M. Natesan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 1996 | A. L. Thangavel | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2001 | M. Karthe | Pattali Makkal Katchi |
| 2006 | S. Arumugam | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results
### 2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Veerapandy S. Arumugam | 85,348 | 47.27% | |
| | MDMK | Sureshkumar R | 70,605 | 39.11% | |
| | DMDK | Gnanasekaran K V | 20,026 | 11.09% | |
| | BJP | Anandhan P T | 1,574 | 0.87% | |
| | BSP | Ponnusamy V | 668 | 0.37% | |
| | Independent | Sreedhar N | 510 | 0.28% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,743 | 8.17% | −4.97% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 180,545 | 72.20% | 11.79% |
| | DMK gain from PMK | DMK gain from PMK | Swing | -6.98% | |

### 2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | PMK | Karthe M. | 62,306 | 54.25% | |
| | DMK | A. L. Thangavel | 47,221 | 41.11% | |
| | MDMK | G.Arjunam | 2,030 | 1.77% | |
| | Independent | Sethuraman.K. | 797 | 0.69% | |
| | Independent | Venkatachalam.S.V. | 640 | 0.56% | |
| | BSP | Ponnusamy.V. | 497 | 0.43% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 15,085 | 13.13% | −6.25% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 114,855 | 60.41% | −7.39% |
| | PMK gain from DMK | PMK gain from DMK | Swing | 9.42% | |

### 1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | A. L. Thangavel | 63,588 | 44.83% | |
| | AIADMK | Semmalai. S. | 36,097 | 25.45% | |
| | AIIC(T) | Mohanraj. R. | 10,794 | 7.61% | |
| | BJP | Vennira Aadai Nirmala (Selvi) | 1,997 | 1.41% | |
| | MDMK | Thamarai Kannan. K.S.V. | 1,719 | 1.21% | |
| | Independent | Krishnan. K. | 331 | 0.23% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 27,491 | 19.38% | −18.74% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 141,856 | 67.8% | 9.51% |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -19.08% | |

### 1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Natesan M. | 66,904 | 63.90% | |
| | DMK | Arumugam S. | 26,997 | 25.79% | |
| | PMK | Manickam K. | 9,170 | 8.76% | |
| | JP | Nallahambi M.M. | 417 | 0.40% | |
| | Independent | Ariyan K.P. | 151 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | Ramasamy M. | 131 | 0.13% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 39,907 | 38.12% | 18.19% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 104,695 | 58.29% | −8.83% |
| | AIADMK gain from DMK | AIADMK gain from DMK | Swing | 20.38% | |

### 1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Arumugam. S.M | 45,358 | 43.52% | |
| | AIADMK(JL) | Natesan. M.M | 24,593 | 23.60% | |
| | INC | Rajendran. U.M | 22,755 | 21.83% | |
| | AIADMK(JR) | Rajaram. K.M | 10,178 | 9.77% | |
| | Independent | Murali. M.M | 348 | 0.33% | |
| | Independent | Balakrishnan. K.P.M | 208 | 0.20% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,765 | 19.92% | 11.20% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 104,220 | 67.12% | −5.10% |
| | DMK gain from AIADMK | DMK gain from AIADMK | Swing | -10.27% | |

### 1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Arumugam | 49,339 | 53.79% | |
| | DMK | Arumugam S. | 41,333 | 45.07% | |
| | Independent | Thiyagarajan. K.S. | 224 | 0.24% | |
| | Independent | Kandasamy. C. | 208 | 0.23% | |
| | Independent | Jayaprakasam. S. | 150 | 0.16% | |
| | Independent | Palanivel. K. | 148 | 0.16% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,006 | 8.73% | 2.76% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 91,718 | 72.22% | 7.15% |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | 2.22% | |

### 1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Arumugam. M | 40,975 | 51.57% | |
| | INC | Anbalagan. K | 36,235 | 45.61% | |
| | JP | Solai-Erusan | 1,594 | 2.01% | |
| | Independent | Seerangan. M | 446 | 0.56% | |
| | Independent | Dhanamannar. M | 200 | 0.25% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,740 | 5.97% | 3.13% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 79,450 | 65.07% | 12.17% |
| | AIADMK gain from JP | AIADMK gain from JP | Swing | 21.21% | |

### 1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | JP | M. Arumugam | 22,636 | 30.36% | |
| | DMK | K.A. Thangavelu | 20,523 | 27.53% | |
| | CPI(M) | K.S. Arthanari | 19,173 | 25.71% | |
| | CPI | K.V. Ramaswamy | 9,731 | 13.05% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 2,113 | 2.83% | −4.71% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 74,561 | 52.9% | −19.00% |
| | JP gain from DMK | JP gain from DMK | Swing | -22.41% | |

### 1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | Rajaram | 37,152 | 52.77% | |
| | INC | R.Ramakrishnan | 31,844 | 45.23% | |
| | Independent | S. Natarajan | 798 | 1.13% | |
| | ABJS | S. S.Rama Rao | 608 | 0.86% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,308 | 7.54% | −9.65% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 70,402 | 71.9% | −6.15% |
| | DMK hold | DMK hold | Swing | -5.23% | |

### 1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | DMK | E. R. Krishnan | 38,781 | 58.00% | |
| | INC | A. R. Gounder | 27,285 | 40.81% | |
| | ABJS | S. S. R. Rao | 799 | 1.19% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,496 | 17.19% | 2.61% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 66,865 | 78.05% | 4.01% |
| | DMK gain from INC | DMK gain from INC | Swing | 14.91% | |

### 1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem – II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | A.Rathanavel Gounder | 28,811 | 43.09% | |
| | CPI | S.M.Ramiah | 19,976 | 29.88% | |
| | SWA | M.Muthusami | 10,935 | 16.35% | |
| | Independent | M.Chockalingam | 852 | 1.27% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,835 | 14.59% | −9.51% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 60,574 | 74.04% | 25.38% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 13.54% | |

### 1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem II :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | A.Rathnavel Gounder | 19,755 | 29.54% | |
| | CPI | S.M.Ramiah | 11,023 | 16.49% | |
| | Independent | Thiruvengadam | 2,298 | 3.44% | |
| | Independent | S.Ariaputhran | 2,282 | 3.41% | |
| | Independent | Rajamanickam | 883 | 1.32% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,732 | 24.09% | 22.18% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,241 | 48.66% | 3.23% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 6.73% | |

### 1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem Rural :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | C.Lakshma Kandan | 15,254 | 22.81% | |
| | TTP | A.Subramaniam | 14,575 | 21.80% | |
| | Independent | Ramanathan Chetty | 3,345 | 5.00% | |
| | Independent | R.Manickam | 2,340 | 3.50% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 679 | 1.91% | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,514 | 45.43% | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |