GEN · Tamil Nadu
Salem
Rangarajan Kumar Mangalam (INC) won by 2,36,175 votes (45.4%).
- Electors
- 7,66,792
- Votes polled
- 5,48,043
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 71.5%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 45.4% (median 17.9%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1984 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 | Rangarajan Kumar MangalamWinner | INC | 3,59,819 | 69.2% |
| 2 | Kandasamy M.A. | JNP | 1,23,644 | 23.8% |
| 3 | Sambalingam T. | IND | 6,808 | 1.3% |
| 4 | Ekambaram O. K. | IND | 6,218 | 1.2% |
| 5 | Raju P. | IND | 5,785 | 1.1% |
| 6 | Vachravel A.M. | IND | 3,445 | 0.7% |
| 7 | Sengottuvelu M. | IND | 3,430 | 0.7% |
| 8 | Selvaraj G. | IND | 2,752 | 0.5% |
| 9 | Thangaraju R. | IND | 2,660 | 0.5% |
| 10 | Mani G. | IND | 2,276 | 0.4% |
| 11 | Ariyaputhran S. | IND | 1,677 | 0.3% |
| 12 | Thulsi Ramachari P. | IND | 1,349 | 0.3% |
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