GEN · Tamil Nadu
Salem
Selvaganapathi T M (DMK) won by 70,357 votes (5.5%).
- Electors
- 16,58,681
- Votes polled
- 13,04,844
- Valid votes
- 12,89,950
- Turnout
- 78.7%
- NOTA
- 14,894
- Polling date
- 2024-04-19
Margin vs 2024 national median: 5.5% (median 10.4%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 2024 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 | Selvaganapathi T MWinner | DMK | 5,66,085 | 43.9% |
| 2 | Vignesh P | AIADMK | 4,95,728 | 38.4% |
| 3 | Annadurai N | PMK | 1,27,139 | 9.9% |
| 4 | Dr Manojkumar G | Naam Tamilar Katchi | 76,207 | 5.9% |
| 5 | Bhalaji M | IND | 3,441 | 0.3% |
| 6 | Murali S | BSP | 3,372 | 0.3% |
| 7 | Palanivel K | IND | 2,856 | 0.2% |
| 8 | Jegannathan A | IND | 2,411 | 0.2% |
| 9 | Raja S | IND | 1,456 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Muthusamy S | IND | 1,197 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Er Prabakaran S | IND | 1,155 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Shanmugam G | IND | 1,147 | 0.1% |
| 13 | Santhalingam C | IND | 1,098 | 0.1% |
| 14 | Sutharsanam S | AMK_2 | 1,036 | 0.1% |
| 15 | Ambedkar C | APOI | 961 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Ramachandran C | DMKM | 758 | 0.1% |
| 17 | Govindhan A | IND | 693 | 0.1% |
| 18 | Manickam R | UMK | 537 | 0.0% |
| 19 | Ahamed Shahjahan M | IND | 466 | 0.0% |
| 20 | Inthrajithkuptha G | IND | 432 | 0.0% |
| 21 | Ramasundaram D | IND | 422 | 0.0% |
| 22 | Karunakaran M | IND | 377 | 0.0% |
| 23 | Raja A | IND | 332 | 0.0% |
| 24 | Vignesh M | IND | 328 | 0.0% |
| 25 | Jothilingam M | IND | 316 | 0.0% |
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