Salem Lok Sabha constituency explained

Type:LS
Salem
Established:1952-present
Party:DMK
Mp:S. R. Parthiban
Latest Election Year:2019 Election
State:Tamil Nadu
Assembly Cons:Omalur
Edappadi
Salem West
Salem North
Salem South
Veerapandi
Electors:16,11,982[1]

Salem is a parliamentary (Lok Sabha) constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 15 of 39. It includes 6 Assembly constituencies like Edappadi, Omalur, Salem North, Salem South, Salem West and Veerapandi.

History

Since 1952, the Salem parliament seat was held by the Indian National Congress eight times (1952, 1957, 1962, 1984, 1989, 1991 and 2004), by the ADMK four times (1977, 1991, 2009 and 2014), by DMK three times (1967, 1971 and 1980), and once each by an independent (1998) and the Tamil Maanila Congress (1996).[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

Assembly segments

Salem Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[15]

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictParty
84.OmalurNoneSalemAIADMK
86.EdappadiNoneAIADMK
88.Salem WestNonePMK
89.Salem NorthNoneDMK
90.Salem SouthNoneAIADMK
91.VeerapandiNoneAIADMK

Before 2009

  1. Salem I (defunct)
  2. Salem II (defunct)
  3. Omalur
  4. Yercuad (ST) (moved to Kallakurichi in 2009)
  5. Veerapandi
  6. Panamarathupatti (defunct)

Members of the Parliament

YearDurationNameParty
First1952-57S. V. Ramaswamy
Second1957-62
Third1962-67
Fourth1967-71K. Rajaram
Fifth1971-77E. R. Krishnan
Sixth1977-80P. Kannan
Seventh1980-84C. Palaniappan
Eighth1984-89Rangarajan Kumaramangalam
Ninth1989-91
Tenth1991-96
Eleventh1996-98R. Devadass
Twelfth1998-99
Thirteenth1999-04T. M. Selvaganapathi
Fourteenth2004-09K. V. Thangkabalu
Fifteenth2009-14S. Semmalai
Sixteenth2014-19V. Pannerselvam
Seventeenth2019-24S. R. Parthiban
Eighteenth2024-incumbentT. M. Selvaganapathy

Election results

General Elections 1951

See also

References

External links

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Notes and References

  1. http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf GE 2009 Statistical Report: Constituency Wise Detailed Result
  2. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1957 to the Second Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 17. https://web.archive.org/web/20101010220539/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf. 10 October 2010. live. dmy-all.
  3. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1962 to the Third Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 49. https://web.archive.org/web/20101009143136/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf. 9 October 2010. live. dmy-all.
  4. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1967 to the Fourth Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 67. https://web.archive.org/web/20101011003936/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf. 11 October 2010. live. dmy-all.
  5. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1971 to the Fifth Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 71. https://web.archive.org/web/20101009211004/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS_71.pdf. 9 October 2010. live. dmy-all.
  6. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1977 to the Sixth Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 80. https://web.archive.org/web/20101009193317/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1977/Vol_I_LS_77.pdf. 9 October 2010. live. dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1980 to the Seventh Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 79. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718175926/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf. 18 July 2014. live. dmy-all.
  8. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1984 to the Eighth Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 73. https://web.archive.org/web/20101010172057/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf. 10 October 2010. live. dmy-all.
  9. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1989 to the Ninth Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 81. https://web.archive.org/web/20101011052618/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf. 11 October 2010. live. dmy-all.
  10. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1991 to the Tenth Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 51. https://web.archive.org/web/20101011125200/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1991/VOL_I_LS_91.pdf. 11 October 2010. live. dmy-all.
  11. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1996 to the Eleventh Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 86. https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183504/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf. 18 July 2014. live. dmy-all.
  12. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1998 to the Twelfth Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 85. https://web.archive.org/web/20101011114340/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf. 11 October 2010. live. dmy-all.
  13. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1999 to the Thirteenth Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 85. https://web.archive.org/web/20101009232255/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf. 9 October 2010. live. dmy-all.
  14. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 2004 to the Fourteenth Lok Sabha. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 94. https://web.archive.org/web/20101010203826/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf. 10 October 2010. live. dmy-all.
  15. Web site: List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies . 2008-10-09 . Tamil Nadu . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060504185928/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf . 4 May 2006 . dmy-all.