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Salem (South)

Assembly constituency 90 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#90 · GEN
Poll date16 May 2016
Contestants19
Electors2,63,957
Votes polled1,93,768
Turnout73.4%
NOTA4,1211.6% of votes
WinnerSakthivel A BAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,01,69652.5% of votes
MARGIN30,453 votes · 15.7 pp1,01,696 − 71,243
Runner-upGunasekaran M Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam71,24336.8% of votes
AIADMK 58.8% of top-two votesDMK 41.2%

All candidates 19

  1. 01 Sakthivel A BAIADMK1,01,696 52.5%
  2. 02 Gunasekaran MDMK71,243 36.8%
  3. 03 Kumar KPMK6,325 3.3%
  4. 04 Annadurai NBJP4,686 2.4%
  5. 05 Jayachandran GVCK3,983 2.1%
  6. 06 Prema BNTK1,788 0.9%
  7. 07 Raja SIND820 0.4%
  8. 08 Jayaraj SIND549 0.3%
  9. 09 Elango R CKMDK470 0.2%
  10. 10 Solarajan MBSP469 0.2%
  11. 11 Kumaresan SIND372 0.2%
  12. 12 Janakiraman JIND328 0.2%
  13. 13 Rajendran LIND242 0.1%
  14. 14 Madheswaran BIND198 0.1%
  15. 15 Patmavathi SIND140 0.1%
  16. 16 Shanmugam KIND138 0.1%
  17. 17 Ramesh Kumar NNCP125 0.1%
  18. 18 Loganathan A PIND104 0.1%
  19. 19 Mahalingam NUCPI92 0.1%

Turnout 73.4%

025507510073.4%TURNOUT◦ state median 76.5%
Male 1.30 lakh49.3% Female 1.34 lakh50.7%

Share of 2,63,957 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,027
  • NOTAreported alongside the total4,121 · 1.6%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 232 seats, 201676.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 19 candidates = 1,93,768Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    16.1 pp
    Vijay Tamilan Parthiban. ATamilaga Vettri Kazhagam
  2. 2021
    11.4 pp
    E.BalasubramanianAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  3. 2016
    15.7 pp
    Sakthivel A BAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2011
    34.7 pp
    Selvaraju.M.K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2006
    0.8 pp
    Rajendran ADravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  6. 2001
    20.5 pp
    Selvam.S.KAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  7. 1996
    14.6 pp
    Arumugam, S.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1991
    46.5 pp
    Arjunan K.All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  9. 1989
    3.9 pp
    Venkatachalam, P.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  10. 1984
    27.5 pp
    Vijayalakshmi PanditAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  11. 1980
    17.9 pp
    Vijayalakshmi PanditAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  12. 1977
    19.1 pp
    P. Venga GounderAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1971
    26.9 pp
    S. KandappanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1967
    31.0 pp
    T. A. RajaveluDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1962
    23.1 pp
    A. K. Kaliappa GoundarIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 46.5 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 89.3% of votes; the other 17 candidates 10.7% between them.

    (1,01,696 + 71,243) ÷ 1,93,768 = 89.3% · 20,829 ÷ 1,93,768 = 10.7%

  2. Turnout of 73.4% was 3.1 pp below the state's median seat (76.5%).

    73.4 − 76.5 = −3.1

  3. The margin narrowed from 34.7 pp in 2011 to 15.7 pp.

    15.7 − 34.7 = −19.0 pp

  4. AIADMK held the seat it won in 2011.

    2011 AIADMK · 2016 AIADMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 19 candidate lines1,93,768
  • NOTAreported alongside the total4,121
  • Published totalVotes polled1,93,768
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2016 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates19 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 232 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 2016 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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