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Salem

Devadass.r (TMC(M)) won by 1,20,885 votes (18.0%).

Margin vs 1996 national median: 18.0% (median 9.4%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1996 national · Target seats

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Competitive (5–10%)Party held vs 2019

Winning margin over time · Salem

Candidates · Salem 1996
Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	Devadass.rWinner	TMC(M)	3,15,277	47.1%
2	Thangkabalu K.V	INC	1,94,392	29.0%
3	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam.p	AIIC(T)	1,20,345	18.0%
4	Rajamani.n	BJP	9,538	1.4%
5	Mohanraj.b	MDMK	6,245	0.9%
6	Murugesan.a.c	IND	4,927	0.7%
7	Eswaran.s	IND	1,944	0.3%
8	Madeswaran.a	RPI	1,218	0.2%
9	Chinnasamy.v	IND	1,172	0.2%
10	Manickam C	IND	1,164	0.2%
11	Rajendran.a	IND	1,063	0.2%
12	Balavenkatesh.m	IND	1,009	0.2%
13	Nagamanickam.bala	IND	988	0.1%
14	Sait Musthafa.s	IND	911	0.1%
15	Mahabook Shariff.a	IND	897	0.1%
16	Ganesan.k	IND	784	0.1%
16	Krishnamoorthy.n	IND	784	0.1%
18	Ram Mohan.v	IND	755	0.1%
19	Selvakumaran.p.m	IND	698	0.1%
20	Sampath Kumar.p	IND	644	0.1%
21	Meganathan.s.b	IND	571	0.1%
22	Palanisamy.k	IND	540	0.1%
23	Kandasami.m	IND	466	0.1%
24	Ramamoorthy.b	IND	456	0.1%
25	Krishnamoorthy.n	IND	417	0.1%
26	Sivagnanam.s.t	IND	406	0.1%
27	Mayan.p	IND	399	0.1%
28	Annamalai.k	IND	397	0.1%
29	Padmanapan.k.m	IND	396	0.1%
30	Chakkarapani.n	IND	318	0.0%
31	Annamalai.s	IND	245	0.0%
32	Vedanayagam Rama	IND	188	0.0%
33	Venkatachalam.s	IND	183	0.0%
34	Velliangiri K.S Veerapandi	IND	80	0.0%

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Candidates · Salem 1996
Rank	Candidate	Party	Votes	Vote share
1	Devadass.rWinner	TMC(M)	3,15,277	47.1%
2	Thangkabalu K.V	INC	1,94,392	29.0%
3	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam.p	AIIC(T)	1,20,345	18.0%
4	Rajamani.n	BJP	9,538	1.4%
5	Mohanraj.b	MDMK	6,245	0.9%
6	Murugesan.a.c	IND	4,927	0.7%
7	Eswaran.s	IND	1,944	0.3%
8	Madeswaran.a	RPI	1,218	0.2%
9	Chinnasamy.v	IND	1,172	0.2%
10	Manickam C	IND	1,164	0.2%
11	Rajendran.a	IND	1,063	0.2%
12	Balavenkatesh.m	IND	1,009	0.2%
13	Nagamanickam.bala	IND	988	0.1%
14	Sait Musthafa.s	IND	911	0.1%
15	Mahabook Shariff.a	IND	897	0.1%
16	Ganesan.k	IND	784	0.1%
16	Krishnamoorthy.n	IND	784	0.1%
18	Ram Mohan.v	IND	755	0.1%
19	Selvakumaran.p.m	IND	698	0.1%
20	Sampath Kumar.p	IND	644	0.1%
21	Meganathan.s.b	IND	571	0.1%
22	Palanisamy.k	IND	540	0.1%
23	Kandasami.m	IND	466	0.1%
24	Ramamoorthy.b	IND	456	0.1%
25	Krishnamoorthy.n	IND	417	0.1%
26	Sivagnanam.s.t	IND	406	0.1%
27	Mayan.p	IND	399	0.1%
28	Annamalai.k	IND	397	0.1%
29	Padmanapan.k.m	IND	396	0.1%
30	Chakkarapani.n	IND	318	0.0%
31	Annamalai.s	IND	245	0.0%
32	Vedanayagam Rama	IND	188	0.0%
33	Venkatachalam.s	IND	183	0.0%
34	Velliangiri K.S Veerapandi	IND	80	0.0%

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