Lok Sabha · Parliamentary constituency 15 of Tamil Nadu

Salem

GeneralTamil NaduPC 15
16.59LElectors · 2024
12.9LVotes to candidates
78.6%Turnout
6Assembly segments
Elected in the 2024 Lok Sabha election

Selvaganapathi T M

DMK · Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
5.66L
Votes
43.4%
Vote share
70,357
Margin
Election history · 2009 → 2024

Lok Sabha results since delimitation

Contests since the 2008 delimitation. Earlier elections used different boundaries and are not compared.

Year
Winner & runner-up
Vote %
Margin
2024
Selvaganapathi T M DMK
def. Vignesh P (AIADMK)
43.4%
70,357
2019
Parthiban.S.R DMK
def. Saravanan.K.R.S (AIADMK)
48.3%
1.47L
2014
Pannerselvam.V AIADMK
def. Umarani. S (DMK)
48.4%
2.68L
2009
Semmalai S AIADMK
def. Thangkabalu K V (INC)
42.5%
46,491

2024 vote share

DMK Selvaganapathi T M43.4%
AIADMK Vignesh P38.0%
PMK Annadurai N9.7%
Others (22 candidates)7.7%

Source: Election Commission of India, Lok Sabha 2024 results (via OpenCity). NOTA excluded.

Source: Election Commission of India, Lok Sabha 2024 results (via OpenCity); TCPD Lok Dhaba, Trivedi Centre for Political Data, Ashoka University.

25 candidates

Every candidate, 2024

#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1Selvaganapathi T MDravida Munnetra Kazhagam5,66,08543.38%
2Vignesh PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam4,95,72837.99%
3Annadurai NPattali Makkal Katchi1,27,1399.74%
4Dr Manojkumar GNaam Tamilar Katchi76,2075.84%
5Bhalaji MIndependent3,4410.26%
6Murali SBahujan Samaj Party3,3720.26%
7Palanivel KIndependent2,8560.22%
8Jegannathan AIndependent2,4110.18%
9Raja SIndependent1,4560.11%
10Muthusamy SIndependent1,1970.09%
11Er Prabakaran SIndependent1,1550.09%
12Shanmugam GIndependent1,1470.09%
13Santhalingam CIndependent1,0980.08%
14Sutharsanam SAravor Munnetra Kazhagam1,0360.08%
15Ambedkar CAmbedkarite Party of India9610.07%
16Ramachandran CDhesiya Makkal Kazhagam7580.06%
17Govindhan AIndependent6930.05%
18Manickam RUlzaipali Makkal Katchy5370.04%
19Ahamed Shahjahan MIndependent4660.04%
20Inthrajithkuptha GIndependent4320.03%
21Ramasundaram DIndependent4220.03%
22Karunakaran MIndependent3770.03%
23Raja AIndependent3320.03%
24Vignesh MIndependent3280.03%
25Jothilingam MIndependent3160.02%

Source: Election Commission of India, Lok Sabha 2024 results (via OpenCity). NOTA votes are not listed.

About this data

Villages & boundaries

We place 265 villages in Salem — by their own map location where we have it, otherwise from where most mapped villages of the same mandal fall. Villages with too little evidence are left out rather than guessed. Open any assembly segment above to see its villages.

Boundaries: Lok Sabha boundaries, 2024 (Arun Ganesh / planemad).