Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30
Salem (Tamil Nadu) was won by Parthiban.S.R (DMK) at the 2019 Lok Sabha general election, with a margin of 146,926 votes over Saravanan.K.R.S. This page covers every Lok Sabha general election in Salem, Tamil Nadu, from 1971 to 2019.
Full Election History, 1971–2019
Election
Winner
Party
Votes
Vote Share
Runner-up
Margin
1971
E. R. Krishnan
DMK
230,736
55.9%
M. P. Subramanyam (Congress (O))
54,796 (13.3 pts)
1977
Kannan P.
AIADMK
254,138
58.7%
Rajaram K. (DMK)
79,604 (18.4 pts)
1980
Palaniappan C.
DMK
233,971
50.9%
Kamnan P. (AIADMK)
26,258 (5.7 pts)
1984
Rangarajan Kumar Mangalam
Indian National Congress
359,819
69.2%
Kandasamy M.A. (Janata Party)
236,175 (45.4 pts)
1989
Rangarajan Kumarmangalam
Indian National Congress
400,936
60.9%
Karthikeyan M. (DMK)
241,770 (36.7 pts)
1991
Rangarajanm Kumaramangalam
Indian National Congress
406,042
67.0%
Arthanarisamy K.P. (DMK)
282,568 (46.7 pts)
1996
Devadass.R
Trinamool Congress
315,277
47.1%
Thangkabalu K.V (Indian National Congress)
120,885 (18.1 pts)
1998
Ramamurthy K.
Independent
365,557
55.5%
Devadass R. (Trinamool Congress)
135,880 (20.6 pts)
1999
Selvaganapathi, T.M.
AIADMK
363,689
49.7%
Ramamurthy, K. (TRC)
25,411 (3.5 pts)
2004
Thangkabalu K. V.
Indian National Congress
444,591
60.0%
Rajasekaran. A (AIADMK)
175,627 (23.7 pts)
2009
Semmalai S
AIADMK
380,460
42.5%
Thangkabalu K V (Indian National Congress)
46,491 (5.2 pts)
2014
Pannerselvam.V
AIADMK
556,546
48.4%
Umarani. S (DMK)
267,610 (23.3 pts)
2019
Parthiban.S.R
DMK
606,302
49.0%
Saravanan.K.R.S (AIADMK)
146,926 (11.9 pts)
Full Result Breakdown by Election
1971
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
E. R. Krishnan
DMK
230,736
55.9%
M. P. Subramanyam
Congress (O)
175,940
42.6%
K. N. Lakshmanan
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
3,944
1.0%
T. V. Anganna Chettiar
Independent
2,339
0.6%
1977
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Kannan P.
AIADMK
254,138
58.7%
Rajaram K.
DMK
174,534
40.3%
Ramalingam B.T.
Independent
1,296
0.3%
Adhinarayanan N.
Independent
1,103
0.3%
Ponnusamy T.
Independent
1,059
0.2%
Asaithambi K.
Independent
739
0.2%
1980
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Palaniappan C.
DMK
233,971
50.9%
Kamnan P.
AIADMK
207,713
45.1%
Gandhinathan M.
Congress (U)
5,381
1.2%
Sambalingam T.
Independent
3,327
0.7%
Balasubramaniam P.N.
Independent
3,007
0.7%
Ramaswami M.
Independent
1,864
0.4%
Vasanthi Muthu
Independent
1,442
0.3%
Vadivelu B.
Independent
1,092
0.2%
Kangani C.N.
Independent
953
0.2%
Kandasamy P.
Independent
918
0.2%
Thambi (Sakkari Gounder )S.C.
Independent
440
0.1%
1984
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rangarajan Kumar Mangalam
Indian National Congress
359,819
69.2%
Kandasamy M.A.
Janata Party
123,644
23.8%
Sambalingam T.
Independent
6,808
1.3%
Ekambaram O. K.
Independent
6,218
1.2%
Raju P.
Independent
5,785
1.1%
Vachravel A.M.
Independent
3,445
0.7%
Sengottuvelu M.
Independent
3,430
0.7%
Selvaraj G.
Independent
2,752
0.5%
Thangaraju R.
Independent
2,660
0.5%
Mani G.
Independent
2,276
0.4%
Ariyaputhran S.
Independent
1,677
0.3%
Thulsi Ramachari P.
Independent
1,349
0.3%
1989
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rangarajan Kumarmangalam
Indian National Congress
400,936
60.9%
Karthikeyan M.
DMK
159,166
24.2%
Sadasivam, K.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
85,628
13.0%
Balasumbramaniam, A.
TRM
5,721
0.9%
Krishnamurthy, N
Independent
1,186
0.2%
Perumal, K
Independent
1,137
0.2%
Pachamuthu, P.
TMM
1,088
0.2%
Ramachadran, I
Independent
857
0.1%
Sugabnan, M.D.
Independent
576
0.1%
Kandasamy, M
Independent
403
0.1%
Palanisamy, M
Independent
371
0.1%
Sekar,S
Independent
355
0.1%
Radhakrishanan,R
Independent
334
0.1%
Sivagnanam, S.T.
Independent
315
0.0%
Villingiri, K.S.
Independent
279
0.0%
Ashok Kumar V.
Independent
278
0.0%
Chandrasekar,P.
Independent
255
0.0%
1991
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Rangarajanm Kumaramangalam
Indian National Congress
406,042
67.0%
Arthanarisamy K.P.
DMK
123,474
20.4%
Arjunan K.
Pattali Makkal Katchi
56,775
9.4%
Ramanathan K.S.
Bharatiya Janata Party
7,867
1.3%
Paramasivam V.S.
Janata Party
2,675
0.4%
Anbalali Selvi V. (W)
Independent
1,719
0.3%
Sekar S.
Independent
1,140
0.2%
Bharathi Alias Bharathiraja A.
TMM
1,037
0.2%
Ramchandran T.
Independent
983
0.2%
Selladurai S.
Independent
953
0.2%
Kandasamy M.
Independent
574
0.1%
Sivagnanam S.T.
Independent
474
0.1%
Chakkarapani N.
Independent
458
0.1%
Thiruganana - Sambantham K.
Independent
413
0.1%
Velliangiri
Independent
365
0.1%
Chandrasekar P.P.
Independent
311
0.1%
Sivaprakasam P.
Independent
272
0.0%
Siva Kumar D.
Independent
217
0.0%
1996
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Devadass.R
Trinamool Congress
315,277
47.1%
Thangkabalu K.V
Indian National Congress
194,392
29.0%
Rangarajan Kumaramangalam.P
AIIC(T)
120,345
18.0%
Rajamani.N
Bharatiya Janata Party
9,538
1.4%
Mohanraj.B
MDMK
6,245
0.9%
Murugesan.A.C
Independent
4,927
0.7%
Eswaran.S
Independent
1,944
0.3%
Madeswaran.A
RPI
1,218
0.2%
Chinnasamy.V
Independent
1,172
0.2%
Manickam C
Independent
1,164
0.2%
Rajendran.A
Independent
1,063
0.2%
Balavenkatesh.M
Independent
1,009
0.2%
Nagamanickam.Bala
Independent
988
0.1%
Sait Musthafa.S
Independent
911
0.1%
Mahabook Shariff.A
Independent
897
0.1%
Krishnamoorthy.N
Independent
784
0.1%
Ganesan.K
Independent
784
0.1%
Ram Mohan.V
Independent
755
0.1%
Selvakumaran.P.M
Independent
698
0.1%
Sampath Kumar.P
Independent
644
0.1%
Meganathan.S.B
Independent
571
0.1%
Palanisamy.K
Independent
540
0.1%
Kandasami.M
Independent
466
0.1%
Ramamoorthy.B
Independent
456
0.1%
Krishnamoorthy.N
Independent
417
0.1%
Sivagnanam.S.T
Independent
406
0.1%
Mayan.P
Independent
399
0.1%
Annamalai.K
Independent
397
0.1%
Padmanapan.K.M
Independent
396
0.1%
Chakkarapani.N
Independent
318
0.0%
Annamalai.S
Independent
245
0.0%
Vedanayagam Rama
Independent
188
0.0%
Venkatachalam.S
Independent
183
0.0%
Velliangiri K.S Veerapandi
Independent
80
0.0%
1998
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Ramamurthy K.
Independent
365,557
55.5%
Devadass R.
Trinamool Congress
229,677
34.9%
Thangkabalu K.V.
Indian National Congress
48,027
7.3%
Sampathkumar P.
Independent
10,311
1.6%
Kesavarajan S.
AJBP
2,091
0.3%
Padmanabhan A.G.
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,710
0.3%
Marimuthu P.
Independent
550
0.1%
Palanisamy K.
Independent
495
0.1%
Singaravelu C.
Independent
405
0.1%
Periasamy T.
Independent
150
0.0%
1999
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Selvaganapathi, T.M.
AIADMK
363,689
49.7%
Ramamurthy, K.
TRC
338,278
46.3%
Devadass, R.
Trinamool Congress
19,604
2.7%
Selvakumaran, P.M.
Independent
2,678
0.4%
Arjunan, M.
TNPWP
1,631
0.2%
Sadhasivam, R.
Independent
946
0.1%
Ashokan, A.
Independent
672
0.1%
Chandramohan, A.
CPI (ML) Liberation
652
0.1%
Sampath Kumar, P.
Independent
462
0.1%
Murugan, B.L.
Independent
434
0.1%
Kannan, K.
Independent
395
0.1%
Ramamoorthi, C.
CMK
385
0.1%
Arivumani, K.
BMC
384
0.1%
Kesavarajan, S.
AJBP
248
0.0%
Periyasamy, T.
Independent
235
0.0%
Mohammad Nazeerudeen, D.M.
Independent
129
0.0%
Manickam, R.
Independent
123
0.0%
Chinathambi, P.
Independent
107
0.0%
Manimeghalan, M.A.K.
THMM
105
0.0%
Srinivasan, R.
Independent
81
0.0%
Rajendran, S.K.
Independent
39
0.0%
2004
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Thangkabalu K. V.
Indian National Congress
444,591
60.0%
Rajasekaran. A
AIADMK
268,964
36.3%
Shah Jahan. M A
Independent
8,466
1.1%
Jaya Venugopal. C D
Independent
4,346
0.6%
Balakrishnan. N
ABHM
4,101
0.6%
Rajavel. R
Janata Party
3,916
0.5%
Rajavel. M
Independent
1,334
0.2%
Asraf Ali. Dr. A K
Independent
920
0.1%
Baskar. A
Independent
829
0.1%
Rathinam. P
Independent
747
0.1%
Basheer. J
Independent
690
0.1%
Gopal. K A
Independent
673
0.1%
Kannan. G A
Independent
660
0.1%
Selvam. K
Independent
611
0.1%
Syed Mohammed. M
Independent
589
0.1%
2009
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Semmalai S
AIADMK
380,460
42.5%
Thangkabalu K V
Indian National Congress
333,969
37.3%
Alagaapuram R Mohanraj
DMDK
120,325
13.4%
Selladurai C
Independent
23,056
2.6%
Balasubramani R
Bahujan Samaj Party
4,858
0.5%
Nandagopal K
Independent
4,451
0.5%
Nallathambi Po
Independent
4,441
0.5%
Ashok Samraj M
KNMK
3,642
0.4%
Dhamodharan N B
Independent
3,111
0.3%
Periyasamy T
Independent
3,010
0.3%
Annadurai M
AIVP
2,041
0.2%
Shahjahan M A
Independent
1,832
0.2%
Andhraprakash A
PPOI
1,713
0.2%
Chinnan N
Independent
1,297
0.1%
Kowsalya C
Independent
1,059
0.1%
Muthusamy P
Independent
1,026
0.1%
Jayavenugopal C D
Independent
949
0.1%
Govanam Thangavel K S
Independent
854
0.1%
Krishnan M
Independent
775
0.1%
Ganesh M.A.S.S
All India Trinamool Congress
755
0.1%
Chandrasekaran G
Independent
658
0.1%
Maheswaran V
Independent
658
0.1%
Muniyappan A
Independent
614
0.1%
2014
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Pannerselvam.V
AIADMK
556,546
48.4%
Umarani. S
DMK
288,936
25.1%
Sudhish L K
DMDK
201,265
17.5%
Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam
Indian National Congress
46,477
4.0%
None Of The Above
Independent
20,601
1.8%
Chinnusamy N
Independent
5,374
0.5%
Satheesh Kumar E
Aam Aadmi Party
5,198
0.5%
Govindaraju K
Independent
3,261
0.3%
Senthil Kumar M
Independent
2,903
0.3%
Sakthivel S
Independent
2,581
0.2%
Kandasamy R
Independent
2,550
0.2%
Raja A
Independent
2,203
0.2%
Kuppayee R
Independent
1,701
0.1%
Shanmugam G
MMK
1,623
0.1%
Vinayagamoorthi T
Bahujan Samaj Party
1,619
0.1%
Umarani S
Independent
1,232
0.1%
Rajakannu A
Independent
1,151
0.1%
Thiagarajan K
Independent
777
0.1%
Arumugam M
Independent
731
0.1%
Venkatesan R
RPI(A)
623
0.1%
Panneerselvam N
Independent
574
0.0%
M Ahamed Shahjahan
Independent
529
0.0%
Abdul Wahid I
Independent
526
0.0%
Prakasam R
Independent
484
0.0%
Mass Ganesh A
TTNC
474
0.0%
Nandakumar G
Independent
357
0.0%
2019
Candidate
Party
Votes
Share
Parthiban.S.R
DMK
606,302
49.0%
Saravanan.K.R.S
AIADMK
459,376
37.1%
Prabhu Manikandan.M
MNM
58,662
4.7%
Selvam.S.K
Independent
52,332
4.2%
Rasa.A
NTK
33,890
2.7%
Silambarasan.C
TNIK
4,563
0.4%
Sivaraman.S
Independent
4,273
0.3%
Sadaiyan.M
Bahujan Samaj Party
3,543
0.3%
Manimaran.C
Independent
1,991
0.2%
Natarajan.C
Independent
1,679
0.1%
Ravi.A
Independent
1,556
0.1%
Murthy Kamarajar.M
Independent
1,465
0.1%
Pravina.G
Independent
1,461
0.1%
Ahamed Shahjahan.M
Independent
1,369
0.1%
Tamilarasan.T
Independent
1,148
0.1%
Surulivel.N.K
Independent
1,102
0.1%
Mohan.P
SUCI(C)
777
0.1%
Madeswaran.S
Independent
773
0.1%
Kalaimannan.C
Independent
636
0.1%
Hariharan.K
Independent
541
0.0%
Raja.A
Independent
450
0.0%
Ramachandran.K.T
Independent
440
0.0%
Margin Over Time
Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party's broad bloc (Congress / BJP / Left / other).
Trend
Salem has been contested at 13 Lok Sabha general elections on record since 1971. Parties that have won this seat over that span: DMK, AIADMK, Indian National Congress, Trinamool Congress, Independent.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who won Salem in the 2019 Lok Sabha election?
Parthiban.S.R (DMK) won Salem, Tamil Nadu, in 2019 with 606,302 votes (49.0%), a margin of 146,926 votes over Saravanan.K.R.S.
Which parties have won Salem since 1971?
Since 1971, Salem has been won by: AIADMK, DMK, Independent, Indian National Congress, Trinamool Congress.
What was the closest result in Salem?
The closest result on record for Salem was 1999, when AIADMK beat TRC by just 25,411 votes (3.5 percentage points).