Salem – II Assembly constituency

Salem-II is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.

History Until 2008, the city of Salem was part of the Salem I and Salem II assembly constituencies. Since 1977, the ADMK won the Salem II assembly seat three times (1980, 1984 and 1991) and the DMK also won three times (1989, 1996 and 2006); the Janata Party (JP) won in 1977 and Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) won in 2001.

The constituencies of Salem were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West in 2008.

Members of the Legislative Assembly Year Winner PartyMadras State 1951 C. Lakshma Kandan 1957 A. Rathnavel Gounder 1962 A. Rathnavel Gounder 1967 E. R. Krishnan Tamil Nadu 1971 K. Rajaram 1977 M. Arumugam 1980 M. Arumugam 1984 Arumugam 1989 S. Arumugam 1991 M. Natesan 1996 A. L. Thangavel 2001 M. Karthe 2006 S. Arumugam

Election results

2006

2001

1996

1991

1989

1984

1980

1977

1971

1967

1962

1957

1952

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