Salem #15
Candidatures171every name on every ballot
Distinct candidates165as the source spells them
Parties38distinct, as published
Years contested131977 to 2024
Largest field25in 2024 and 2014
Every candidature
| Year | Pos | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1 | Selvaganapathi T MWON | DMK | 5,66,085 | 43.40% |
| 2024 | 2 | Vignesh P | AIADM | 4,95,728 | 38.00% |
| 2024 | 3 | Annadurai N | PMK | 1,27,139 | 9.70% |
| 2024 | 4 | Dr Manojkumar G | NTK | 76,207 | 5.80% |
| 2024 | 5 | Bhalaji M | IND | 3,441 | 0.30% |
| 2024 | 6 | Murali S | BSP | 3,372 | 0.30% |
| 2024 | 7 | Palanivel K | IND | 2,856 | 0.20% |
| 2024 | 8 | Jegannathan A | IND | 2,411 | 0.20% |
| 2024 | 9 | Raja S | IND | 1,456 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 10 | Muthusamy S | IND | 1,197 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 11 | Er Prabakaran S | IND | 1,155 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 12 | Shanmugam G | IND | 1,147 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 13 | Santhalingam C | IND | 1,098 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 14 | Sutharsanam S | AMK | 1,036 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 15 | Ambedkar C | API | 961 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 16 | Ramachandran C | DMK | 758 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 17 | Govindhan A | IND | 693 | 0.10% |
| 2024 | 18 | Manickam R | UMK | 537 | 0.00% |
| 2024 | 19 | Ahamed Shahjahan M | IND | 466 | 0.00% |
| 2024 | 20 | Inthrajithkuptha G | IND | 432 | 0.00% |
| 2024 | 21 | Ramasundaram D | IND | 422 | 0.00% |
| 2024 | 22 | Karunakaran M | IND | 377 | 0.00% |
| 2024 | 23 | Raja A | IND | 332 | 0.00% |
| 2024 | 24 | Vignesh M | IND | 328 | 0.00% |
| 2024 | 25 | Jothilingam M | IND | 316 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 1 | Parthiban.S.RWON | DMK | 6,06,302 | 48.30% |
| 2019 | 2 | Saravanan.K.R.S | AIADM | 4,59,376 | 36.60% |
| 2019 | 3 | Prabhu Manikandan.M | MNM | 58,662 | 4.70% |
| 2019 | 4 | Selvam.S.K | IND | 52,332 | 4.20% |
| 2019 | 5 | Rasa.A | NTK | 33,890 | 2.70% |
| 2019 | 6 | Silambarasan.C | TNIK | 4,563 | 0.40% |
| 2019 | 7 | Sivaraman.S | IND | 4,273 | 0.30% |
| 2019 | 8 | Sadaiyan.M | BSP | 3,543 | 0.30% |
| 2019 | 9 | Manimaran.C | IND | 1,991 | 0.20% |
| 2019 | 10 | Natarajan.C | IND | 1,679 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 11 | Ravi.A | IND | 1,556 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 12 | Murthy Kamarajar.M | IND | 1,465 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 13 | Pravina.G | IND | 1,461 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 14 | Ahamed Shahjahan.M | IND | 1,369 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 15 | Tamilarasan.T | IND | 1,148 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 16 | Surulivel.N.K | IND | 1,102 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 17 | Mohan.P | SUCIC | 777 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 18 | Madeswaran.S | IND | 773 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 19 | Kalaimannan.C | IND | 636 | 0.10% |
| 2019 | 20 | Hariharan.K | IND | 541 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 21 | Raja.A | IND | 450 | 0.00% |
| 2019 | 22 | Ramachandran.K.T | IND | 440 | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 1 | Pannerselvam.VWON | AIADM | 5,56,546 | 48.40% |
| 2014 | 2 | Umarani. S | DMK | 2,88,936 | 25.10% |
| 2014 | 3 | Sudhish L K | DMDK | 2,01,265 | 17.50% |
| 2014 | 4 | Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam | INC | 46,477 | 4.00% |
| 2014 | 5 | Chinnusamy N | IND | 5,374 | 0.50% |
| 2014 | 6 | Satheesh Kumar E | AAP | 5,198 | 0.50% |
| 2014 | 7 | Govindaraju K | IND | 3,261 | 0.30% |
| 2014 | 8 | Senthil Kumar M | IND | 2,903 | 0.30% |
| 2014 | 9 | Sakthivel S | IND | 2,581 | 0.20% |
| 2014 | 10 | Kandasamy R | IND | 2,550 | 0.20% |
| 2014 | 11 | Raja A | IND | 2,203 | 0.20% |
| 2014 | 12 | Kuppayee R | IND | 1,701 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 13 | Shanmugam G | MMK | 1,623 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 14 | Vinayagamoorthi T | BSP | 1,619 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 15 | Umarani S | IND | 1,232 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 16 | Rajakannu A | IND | 1,151 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 17 | Thiagarajan K | IND | 777 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 18 | Arumugam M | IND | 731 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 19 | Venkatesan R | RPIA | 623 | 0.10% |
| 2014 | 20 | Panneerselvam N | IND | 574 | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 21 | M Ahamed Shahjahan | IND | 529 | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 22 | Abdul Wahid I | IND | 526 | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 23 | Prakasam R | IND | 484 | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 24 | Mass Ganesh A | TTNC | 474 | 0.00% |
| 2014 | 25 | Nandakumar G | IND | 357 | 0.00% |
| 2009 | 1 | Semmalai SWON | AIADM | 3,80,460 | 42.50% |
| 2009 | 2 | Thangkabalu K V | INC | 3,33,969 | 37.30% |
| 2009 | 3 | Alagaapuram R Mohanraj | DMDK | 1,20,325 | 13.40% |
| 2009 | 4 | Selladurai C | IND | 23,056 | 2.60% |
| 2009 | 5 | Balasubramani R | BSP | 4,858 | 0.50% |
| 2009 | 6 | Nandagopal K | IND | 4,451 | 0.50% |
| 2009 | 7 | Nallathambi Po | IND | 4,441 | 0.50% |
| 2009 | 8 | Ashok Samraj M | KNMK | 3,642 | 0.40% |
| 2009 | 9 | Dhamodharan N B | IND | 3,111 | 0.30% |
| 2009 | 10 | Periyasamy T | IND | 3,010 | 0.30% |
| 2009 | 11 | Annadurai M | AIVP | 2,041 | 0.20% |
| 2009 | 12 | Shahjahan M A | IND | 1,832 | 0.20% |
| 2009 | 13 | Andhraprakash A | PPI | 1,713 | 0.20% |
| 2009 | 14 | Chinnan N | IND | 1,297 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 15 | Kowsalya C | IND | 1,059 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 16 | Muthusamy P | IND | 1,026 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 17 | Jayavenugopal C D | IND | 949 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 18 | Govanam Thangavel K S | IND | 854 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 19 | Krishnan M | IND | 775 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 20 | Ganesh M.A.S.S | AITC | 755 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 21 | Chandrasekaran G | IND | 658 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 22 | Maheswaran V | IND | 658 | 0.10% |
| 2009 | 23 | Muniyappan A | IND | 614 | 0.10% |
| 2004 | 1 | Rani. KWON | INC | 3,84,170 | 55.40% |
| 2004 | 2 | Anbalagan. S | AIADM | 2,49,637 | 36.00% |
| 2004 | 3 | Ayyasamy. S | JDU | 24,522 | 3.50% |
| 2004 | 4 | Ravi. R | IND | 12,286 | 1.80% |
| 2004 | 5 | Mariyappan. M P | BSP | 6,403 | 0.90% |
| 2004 | 6 | Kumaravel. N | JP | 4,171 | 0.60% |
| 2004 | 7 | Ponmeny ( SELVI) M P V | IND | 3,956 | 0.60% |
| 2004 | 8 | Manivannan. K | IND | 3,577 | 0.50% |
| 2004 | 9 | Balasubramaniam. M | IND | 2,355 | 0.30% |
| 2004 | 10 | Nalla Thambi. C | IND | 1,419 | 0.20% |
| 2004 | 11 | Senthil Kumar. P | IND | 1,188 | 0.20% |
| 2004 | 12 | Shankar. K M | IND | 1,152 | 0.20% |
| 2004 | 13 | Abimanyu. N | IND | 1,140 | 0.20% |
| 1999 | 1 | Saroja, V. Dr.WON | AIADM | 3,04,843 | 47.40% |
| 1999 | 2 | Uthayarasu, S. | PMK | 2,66,438 | 41.40% |
| 1999 | 3 | Natesan, C. Dr. | TMCM | 46,564 | 7.20% |
| 1999 | 4 | Madheshwaran,a. | IND | 9,335 | 1.50% |
| 1999 | 5 | Selvaseeralan, S. | IND | 860 | 0.10% |
| 1999 | 6 | Senguttuvan, T.M. | IND | 675 | 0.10% |
| 1999 | 7 | Raveendran,k. | IND | 286 | 0.00% |
| 1998 | 1 | Saroja V.Dr.WON | AIADM | 3,02,801 | 49.90% |
| 1998 | 2 | Kandasamy K. | TMCM | 2,48,424 | 41.00% |
| 1998 | 3 | Thenmozhi. K. | INC | 18,178 | 3.00% |
| 1998 | 4 | Arul Mani V. | PT | 5,338 | 0.90% |
| 1998 | 5 | Sadasivam P. | BSP | 1,159 | 0.20% |
| 1998 | 6 | Palaniappan K. | IND | 928 | 0.20% |
| 1998 | 7 | Subramani R. | IND | 510 | 0.10% |
| 1998 | 8 | Prabakaran K. | IND | 360 | 0.10% |
| 1998 | 9 | Veera Babu V. | RJD | 323 | 0.10% |
| 1998 | 10 | Ramasamy R. | IND | 205 | 0.00% |
| 1998 | 11 | Dharmarajan A. | IND | 158 | 0.00% |
| 1996 | 1 | Kandasamy KWON | TMCM | 4,08,791 | 58.90% |
| 1996 | 2 | Jayakumar K | INC | 2,15,613 | 31.00% |
| 1996 | 3 | Chakravarthi V | MDMK | 15,712 | 2.30% |
| 1996 | 4 | Dheenadayalan R | BJP | 5,109 | 0.70% |
| 1996 | 5 | Kangani C N | RPI | 3,654 | 0.50% |
| 1996 | 6 | Vaiyapuri K | IND | 2,247 | 0.30% |
| 1996 | 7 | Jeyapal P | IND | 2,201 | 0.30% |
| 1996 | 8 | Indraganthi R | IND | 1,919 | 0.30% |
| 1996 | 9 | Mariyappan P | IND | 1,183 | 0.20% |
| 1996 | 10 | Anbalahan M | IND | 1,175 | 0.20% |
| 1996 | 11 | Dharmarajan A | IND | 1,162 | 0.20% |
| 1996 | 12 | Ramasamy P | IND | 1,078 | 0.20% |
| 1996 | 13 | Singaravel S | IND | 780 | 0.10% |
| 1996 | 14 | Perumal A | IND | 714 | 0.10% |
| 1996 | 15 | Aruljothi S | IND | 599 | 0.10% |
| 1991 | 1 | Devarajan B.WON | INC | 4,22,400 | 66.30% |
| 1991 | 2 | Suhenya I. (W) | DMK | 1,49,415 | 23.40% |
| 1991 | 3 | Jeyapal P. | PMK | 23,097 | 3.60% |
| 1991 | 4 | Sundararajan A.C. | IND | 4,625 | 0.70% |
| 1991 | 5 | Dharamrajan A. | IND | 4,421 | 0.70% |
| 1991 | 6 | Suci Rajendran M.K. (W) | AMI | 2,549 | 0.40% |
| 1991 | 7 | Rajagopal T. | TMM | 2,266 | 0.40% |
| 1991 | 8 | Kangani C.N. | IND | 967 | 0.20% |
| 1991 | 9 | Ramasamy P. | IND | 939 | 0.10% |
| 1989 | 1 | Devarajan, B.WON | INC | 4,21,674 | 66.00% |
| 1989 | 2 | Mayavan, R. | DMK | 1,69,699 | 26.50% |
| 1989 | 3 | Jayabal, P. | PMK | 28,971 | 4.50% |
| 1989 | 4 | Manickam, T. K. | LDB | 2,273 | 0.40% |
| 1989 | 5 | Ponnithurai, T. M. | IND | 1,988 | 0.30% |
| 1989 | 6 | Ramasamy, P. | TMM | 1,830 | 0.30% |
| 1989 | 7 | Murugesan, P. | IND | 1,283 | 0.20% |
| 1989 | 8 | Ramasamy, P. | IND | 820 | 0.10% |
| 1989 | 9 | Chinnasamy, R. | IND | 710 | 0.10% |
| 1984 | 1 | Devarajan B.WON | INC | 3,67,276 | 64.80% |
| 1984 | 2 | Duraisami P. | DMK | 1,65,870 | 29.30% |
| 1980 | 1 | Devarajan B.WON | INCI | 2,36,112 | 53.50% |
| 1980 | 2 | Anbalagan S. | AIADM | 1,76,240 | 39.90% |
| 1980 | 3 | Kamaraj M. | IND | 6,106 | 1.40% |
| 1980 | 4 | Kandaswamy K. | INCU | 5,018 | 1.10% |
| 1980 | 5 | Kandaswamy S. | IND | 4,903 | 1.10% |
| 1980 | 6 | Rangasamy P. | IND | 2,589 | 0.60% |
| 1980 | 7 | Natesan K. | IND | 1,620 | 0.40% |
| 1977 | 1 | Devarajan B.WON | INC | 2,75,212 | 60.70% |
| 1977 | 2 | Jothivenkatachallum | INCO | 1,41,774 | 31.30% |
| 1977 | 3 | Vajravel M. | IND | 24,793 | 5.50% |
Rows are ordered by year, most recent first, then by finishing position as published. Winner rows are tinted; NOTA rows are set apart because NOTA is not a party and is never a candidate.