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Salem

Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has won it 2 times in a row, holding it since 2019. It changed hands 1 time between 2009 and 2024.

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Results, 2009–2024

YearWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
2024Selvaganapathi T MDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (INDIA), 5,66,085 votesVignesh PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 4,95,728 votes70,3575.5%78.8%
2019Parthiban.S.RDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (UPA), 6,06,302 votesSaravanan.K.R.SAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 4,59,376 votes1,46,92611.9%77.9%
2014Pannerselvam.VAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 5,56,546 votesUmarani. SDravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 2,88,936 votes2,67,61023.7%76.8%
2009Semmalai SAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, 3,80,460 votesThangkabalu K VIndian National Congress, 3,33,969 votes46,4915.2%76.4%

Source: Election Commission of India statistical reports (2009–2019 via the India Data Portal). Seat names follow the current ECI spelling.