GEN · Tamil Nadu
Salem
Palaniappan C. (DMK) won by 26,258 votes (5.7%).
- Electors
- 6,91,389
- Votes polled
- 4,70,633
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 68.1%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1980 national median: 5.7% (median 16.7%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1980 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 2019
- Margin · 2024
- 5.5%(-6.4%)
- Turnout
- 78.7%(-0.8%)
- NOTA
- 1.1%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 82.3%
Winning margin over time · Salem
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palaniappan C.Winner | DMK | 2,33,971 | 50.9% |
| 2 | Kamnan P. | ADK | 2,07,713 | 45.1% |
| 3 | Gandhinathan M. | INC(U) | 5,381 | 1.2% |
| 4 | Sambalingam T. | IND | 3,327 | 0.7% |
| 5 | Balasubramaniam P.N. | IND | 3,007 | 0.7% |
| 6 | Ramaswami M. | IND | 1,864 | 0.4% |
| 7 | Vasanthi Muthu | IND | 1,442 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Vadivelu B. | IND | 1,092 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Kangani C.N. | IND | 953 | 0.2% |
| 10 | Kandasamy P. | IND | 918 | 0.2% |
| 11 | Thambi (sakkari Gounder )s.c. | IND | 440 | 0.1% |
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