Salem
Lok Sabha 1996 · Tamil Nadu · Cast your People’s Vote
- Winner
- DEVADASS.RTMC(M) · TAMIL MAANILA CONGRESS (MOOPANAR)
- Votes
- 315,27747.1% share
- Margin ?
- 120,885over INC
- Turnout ?
- 65.4%706,406 of 1,080,762
- NOTA ?
- 0
Historical election results Official outcomes as published by the Election Commission of India, compiled by third parties and not verified by VotingBharat.com. Data sources
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | DEVADASS.R Winner | TMC(M) | 315,277 | 47.07% |
| 2 | THANGKABALU K.V | INC | 194,392 | 29.02% |
| 3 | RANGARAJAN KUMARAMANGALAM.P | AIIC(T) | 120,345 | 17.97% |
| 4 | RAJAMANI.N | BJP | 9,538 | 1.42% |
| 5 | MOHANRAJ.B | MDMK | 6,245 | 0.93% |
| 6 | MURUGESAN.A.C | IND | 4,927 | 0.74% |
| 7 | ESWARAN.S | IND | 1,944 | 0.29% |
| 8 | MADESWARAN.A | RPI | 1,218 | 0.18% |
| 9 | CHINNASAMY.V | IND | 1,172 | 0.17% |
| 10 | MANICKAM C | IND | 1,164 | 0.17% |
| 11 | RAJENDRAN.A | IND | 1,063 | 0.16% |
| 12 | BALAVENKATESH.M | IND | 1,009 | 0.15% |
| 13 | NAGAMANICKAM.BALA | IND | 988 | 0.15% |
| 14 | SAIT MUSTHAFA.S | IND | 911 | 0.14% |
| 15 | MAHABOOK SHARIFF.A | IND | 897 | 0.13% |
| 16 | GANESAN.K | IND | 784 | 0.12% |
| 16 | KRISHNAMOORTHY.N | IND | 784 | 0.12% |
| 18 | RAM MOHAN.V | IND | 755 | 0.11% |
| 19 | SELVAKUMARAN.P.M | IND | 698 | 0.10% |
| 20 | SAMPATH KUMAR.P | IND | 644 | 0.10% |
| 21 | MEGANATHAN.S.B | IND | 571 | 0.09% |
| 22 | PALANISAMY.K | IND | 540 | 0.08% |
| 23 | KANDASAMI.M | IND | 466 | 0.07% |
| 24 | RAMAMOORTHY.B | IND | 456 | 0.07% |
| 25 | KRISHNAMOORTHY.N | IND | 417 | 0.06% |
| 26 | SIVAGNANAM.S.T | IND | 406 | 0.06% |
| 27 | MAYAN.P | IND | 399 | 0.06% |
| 28 | ANNAMALAI.K | IND | 397 | 0.06% |
| 29 | PADMANAPAN.K.M | IND | 396 | 0.06% |
| 30 | CHAKKARAPANI.N | IND | 318 | 0.05% |
| 31 | ANNAMALAI.S | IND | 245 | 0.04% |
| 32 | VEDANAYAGAM RAMA | IND | 188 | 0.03% |
| 33 | VENKATACHALAM.S | IND | 183 | 0.03% |
| 34 | VELLIANGIRI K.S VEERAPANDI | IND | 80 | 0.01% |
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Winners as in our results data. Boundaries may have changed between years.
Winning party by year
- 2024DMKby 70,357
- 2019DMKby 146,926
- 2014ADMKby 267,610
- 2009ADMKby 46,491
- 2004INCby 175,627
- 1999ADMKby 25,411
- 1998INDby 135,880
- 1996TMC(M)by 120,885
- 1991INCby 282,568
- 1989INCby 241,770
- 1984INCby 236,175
- 1980DMKby 26,258
- 1977ADKby 79,604
- 1971DMKby 54,796
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