GEN · Tamil Nadu
Salem
Ramamurthy K. (IND) won by 1,35,880 votes (20.6%).
- Electors
- 11,78,177
- Votes polled
- 6,79,778
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 57.7%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 20.6% (median 7.6%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1998 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 | Ramamurthy K.Winner | IND | 3,65,557 | 55.5% |
| 2 | Devadass R. | TMC(M) | 2,29,677 | 34.9% |
| 3 | Thangkabalu K.V. | INC | 48,027 | 7.3% |
| 4 | Sampathkumar P. | IND | 10,311 | 1.6% |
| 5 | Kesavarajan S. | AJBP | 2,091 | 0.3% |
| 6 | Padmanabhan A.G. | BSP | 1,710 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Marimuthu P. | IND | 550 | 0.1% |
| 8 | Palanisamy K. | IND | 495 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Singaravelu C. | IND | 405 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Periasamy T. | IND | 150 | 0.0% |
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