GEN · Tamil Nadu
Salem
Semmalai S (ADMK) won by 46,491 votes (5.2%).
- Electors
- 11,71,839
- Votes polled
- 8,95,888
- Valid votes
- 8,95,250
- Turnout
- 76.5%
- NOTA
- 0
- Polling date
- 2009-04-16
Margin vs 2009 national median: 5.2% (median 7.0%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 2009 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 | Semmalai SWinner | ADMK | 3,80,460 | 42.5% |
| 2 | Thangkabalu K V | INC | 3,33,969 | 37.3% |
| 3 | Alagaapuram R Mohanraj | DMDK | 1,20,325 | 13.4% |
| 4 | Selladurai C | IND | 23,056 | 2.6% |
| 5 | Balasubramani R | BSP | 4,858 | 0.5% |
| 6 | Nandagopal K | IND | 4,451 | 0.5% |
| 7 | Nallathambi Po | IND | 4,441 | 0.5% |
| 8 | Ashok Samraj M | KNMK | 3,642 | 0.4% |
| 9 | Dhamodharan N B | IND | 3,111 | 0.3% |
| 10 | Periyasamy T | IND | 3,010 | 0.3% |
| 11 | Annadurai M | AIVP | 2,041 | 0.2% |
| 12 | Shahjahan M A | IND | 1,832 | 0.2% |
| 13 | Andhraprakash A | PPOI | 1,713 | 0.2% |
| 14 | Chinnan N | IND | 1,297 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Kowsalya C | IND | 1,059 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Muthusamy P | IND | 1,026 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Jayavenugopal C D | IND | 949 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Govanam Thangavel K S | IND | 854 | 0.1% |
| 19 | Krishnan M | IND | 775 | 0.1% |
| 20 | Ganesh M.A.S.S | AITC | 755 | 0.1% |
| 21 | Chandrasekaran G | IND | 658 | 0.1% |
| 22 | Maheswaran V | IND | 658 | 0.1% |
| 23 | Muniyappan A | IND | 614 | 0.1% |
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