# Salem South Assembly constituency

Salem South or 'Salem (South)' is a state assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu that was formed after the constituency delimitations of 2008. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 90. The previous constituencies, Salem I and Salem II, were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu.
Salem South comprises Salem Municipal Corporation Wards No. 37 to 60. It is a part of the wider Salem Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.

## Demographics

Demographics :
| Category | Data |
| Created | 2016 |
| Vanniyar | 35% |
| Kongu Vellalar/Gounder | 25% |
| Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliae | 20% |
| Adi Dravida | 7% |
| Sourashtra Chetty/Devanga Chettiar | 5.5% |
| Others | 8% |
| Total Electorate | 2,63,233 |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

| Year | Winner | Party |
| 2011 | M. K. Selvaraju | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2016 | A. B. Sakthivel | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2021 | E. Balasubramanian | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

## Election results

Vote share of winning candidates :
| 2021 | 2021 | 49.22% | 49.22% |
| 2016 | 2016 | 51.39% | 51.39% |
| 2011 | 2011 | 64.97% | 64.97% |

### 2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (South) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | E. Balasubramanian | 97,506 | 49.22% | −2.18% |
| | DMK | A. S. Saravanan | 74,897 | 37.80% | 1.80% |
| | MNM | M. Prabu Manikandan | 10,368 | 5.23% | |
| | NTK | S. Mariamma | 10,176 | 5.14% | 4.23% |
| | AMMK | Se. Venkatajalam | 2,970 | 1.50% | |
| | NOTA | Nota | 1,860 | 0.94% | −1.14% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 22,609 | 11.41% | −3.98% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,98,122 | 76.09% | 0.92% |
| Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | Rejected ballots | 184 | 0.09% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,60,372 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -2.18% | |

### 2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (South) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Sakthivel A B | 101,696 | 51.39% | −13.57% |
| | DMK | Gunasekaran M | 71,243 | 36.00% | 5.75% |
| | PMK | Kumar K | 6,325 | 3.20% | |
| | BJP | Annadurai N | 4,686 | 2.37% | 1.00% |
| | NOTA | None Of The Above | 4,121 | 2.08% | |
| | VCK | Jayachandran G | 3,983 | 2.01% | |
| | NTK | Prema B | 1,788 | 0.90% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 30,453 | 15.39% | −19.32% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,97,889 | 75.18% | −3.69% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,63,233 | | |
| | AIADMK hold | AIADMK hold | Swing | -13.57% | |

### 2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem (South) :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | AIADMK | Selvaraju. M. K. | 112,691 | 64.97% | |
| | DMK | Sivalingam. S. R. | 52,476 | 30.25% | |
| | BJP | Annadurai. N | 2,377 | 1.37% | |
| | UCPI | Mahalingam. N | 2,325 | 1.34% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 60,215 | 34.71% | {{{change}}} |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,19,949 | 78.87% | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,73,464 | | |
| | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) | AIADMK win (new seat) |