2024
Rank 1 (archive winner): SELVAGANAPATHI T M — 566,085 votes
Rank 2: VIGNESH P — 495,728 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 70,357
ELECTION HISTORY COMPARISON
Compare constituency results over time
Year-wise recorded votes of first- and second-ranked candidates. Vote levels across different years can be affected by turnout and boundary changes.
SALEM — year-by-year comparison
TAMIL NADU · Lok Sabha · 9 archived elections. View complete seat history.
2019
Rank 1 (archive winner): PARTHIBAN.S.R — 606,302 votes
Rank 2: SARAVANAN.K.R.S — 459,376 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 146,926
2014
Rank 1 (archive winner): PANNERSELVAM.V — 556,546 votes
Rank 2: UMARANI. S — 288,936 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 267,610
2009
Rank 1 (archive winner): SEMMALAI S — 380,460 votes
Rank 2: THANGKABALU K V — 333,969 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 46,491
2004
Rank 1 (archive winner): THANGKABALU K. V. — 444,591 votes
Rank 2: RAJASEKARAN. A — 268,964 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 175,627
1999
Rank 1 (archive winner): SELVAGANAPATHI, T.M. — 363,689 votes
Rank 2: RAMAMURTHY, K. — 338,278 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 25,411
1998
Rank 1 (archive winner): RAMAMURTHY K. — 365,557 votes
Rank 2: DEVADASS R. — 229,677 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 135,880
1996
Rank 1 (archive winner): DEVADASS.R — 315,277 votes
Rank 2: THANGKABALU K.V — 194,392 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 120,885
1991
Rank 1 (archive winner): RANGARAJANM KUMARAMANGALAM — 406,042 votes
Rank 2: ARTHANARISAMY K.P. — 123,474 votes
Rank 1–2 vote gap: 282,568
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