Elections Archive

GEN · Tamil Nadu

Salem

Rangarajan Kumarmangalam (INC) won by 2,41,770 votes (36.7%).

Electors
10,32,058
Votes polled
6,68,594
Valid votes
Turnout
64.8%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1989 national median: 36.7% (median 12.7%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1989 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

1971197719801984198919911996199819992004200920142019202447%

Candidates

Candidates · Salem 1989
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Rangarajan KumarmangalamWinnerINC4,00,93660.9%
2Karthikeyan M.DMK1,59,16624.2%
3Sadasivam, K.PMK85,62813.0%
4Balasumbramaniam, A.TRM5,7210.9%
5Krishnamurthy, NIND1,1860.2%
6Perumal, KIND1,1370.2%
7Pachamuthu, P.TMM1,0880.2%
8Ramachadran, IIND8570.1%
9Sugabnan, M.D.IND5760.1%
10Kandasamy, MIND4030.1%
11Palanisamy, MIND3710.1%
12Sekar,sIND3550.1%
13Radhakrishanan,rIND3340.1%
14Sivagnanam, S.T.IND3150.0%
15Villingiri, K.S.IND2790.0%
16Ashok Kumar V.IND2780.0%
17Chandrasekar,p.IND2550.0%

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