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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2001

Salem-Ii

Assembly constituency 89 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2001

[01]Result · 2001

#89 · GEN
Poll dateNot recordedNo poll date in the source
Contestants12
Electors1,90,192
Votes polled1,14,900
Turnout60.4%
NOTADid not existIntroduced in 2013
WinnerKarthe M.Pattali Makkal Katchi62,30654.3% of votes
MARGIN15,085 votes · 13.1 pp62,306 − 47,221
Runner-upThangavel. A.L. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam47,22141.1% of votes
PMK 56.9% of top-two votesDMK 43.1%

All candidates 12

  1. 01 Karthe M.PMK62,306 54.3%
  2. 02 Thangavel. A.L.DMK47,221 41.1%
  3. 03 G.ArjunamMDMK2,030 1.8%
  4. 04 Sethuraman.K.IND797 0.7%
  5. 05 Venkatachalam.S.V.IND640 0.6%
  6. 06 Ponnusamy.V.BSP497 0.4%
  7. 07 Raman. R.IND409 0.4%
  8. 08 Muthu Kumar. K.M.IND266 0.2%
  9. 09 Sambu.K.IND241 0.2%
  10. 10 Chithramani. A.IND210 0.2%
  11. 11 Arumugam.S.P.IND136 0.1%
  12. 12 Sathriasekar .C.P.IND102 0.1%

Turnout 60.4%

025507510060.4%TURNOUT◦ state median 61.0%
Male 96,54450.8% Female 93,64849.2%

Share of 1,90,192 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males970
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • State median turnoutmedian of 234 seats, 200161.0%
  • ReconciliationΣ 12 candidates = 1,14,855Residual 45

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    6.7 pp
    Sivakumar. KTamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
  2. 2021
    3.8 pp
    R. RajendranDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  3. 2016
    5.3 pp
    Rajendran.RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2011
    18.0 pp
    Alagapuram R MohanrajDesiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
  5. 2006
    8.2 pp
    Arumugam SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  6. 2001
    13.1 pp
    Karthe M.Pattali Makkal Katchi
  7. 1996
    22.9 pp
    Thangavel, A.L.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1991
    37.3 pp
    Natesan M.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  9. 1989
    19.5 pp
    Arumugam, S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  10. 1984
    8.4 pp
    ArumugamAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  11. 1980
    5.9 pp
    Arumugam, MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  12. 1977
    2.9 pp
    M. ArumugamJanata Party
  13. 1971
    22.6 pp
    V. MuthurDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1967
    26.5 pp
    R. NallamuthuDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1962
    22.6 pp
    Muthuvelappa GounderIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 37.3 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 95.3% of votes; the other 10 candidates 4.6% between them.

    (62,306 + 47,221) ÷ 1,14,900 = 95.3% · 5,328 ÷ 1,14,900 = 4.6%

  2. Turnout of 60.4% was 0.6 pp below the state's median seat (61.0%).

    60.4 − 61.0 = −0.6

  3. The margin narrowed from 22.9 pp in 1996 to 13.1 pp.

    13.1 − 22.9 = −9.8 pp

  4. Thangavel. A.L., the 1996 winner, finished second in 2001.

    1996 winner name = 2001 runner-up name

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Reconciliation failed
  • Candidate votesΣ 12 candidate lines1,14,855
  • NOTAintroduced in 2013Did not exist
  • Published totalVotes polled1,14,900
  • Checkneither convention holdsResidual 45

Candidate votes miss the published total by 45, with NOTA counted inside or outside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2001 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates12 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Reconciliation failed

State median turnoutComputed from 234 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 2001 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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