15 elections on record · ADMK dominant · 15 total
Salem (South) is an Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It has participated in 15 elections from 1962 to 2026. ADMK is the historically dominant party with 8 wins out of 15 elections.
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote % | Runner-up | Party | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Vijay Tamilan Parthiban | TVK | 91371 | 43.95% | M. Loganathan | DMK | 33369 |
| 2021 | E. Balasubramanian | ADMK | 97506 | 48.76% | A. S. Saravanan | DMK | 22609 |
| 2016 | Sakthivel A B | ADMK | 101696 | 51.39% | Gunasekaran M | DMK | 30453 |
| 2011 | Selvaraju M.K. | AIADMK | 112691 | 64.97% | Sivalingam S. R. | DMK | 60215 |
| 2006 | A. Rajendran | DMK | 90477 | 42.51% | P. Vijayalakshmi | ADMK | 1638 |
| 2001 | S.K. Selvam | AIADMK | 85657 | 58.38% | S. Arumugam | DMK | 30012 |
| 1996 | S. Arumugam | DMK | 75563 | 54.34% | K. Arjunan | ADMK | 21151 |
| 1991 | K. Arjunan | ADMK | 79725 | 68.12% | P. Venkatachalam | DMK | 56274 |
| 1989 | P. Venkatachalam | DMK | 36040 | 34.53% | S. K. Selvam | ADK(J) | 4141 |
| 1984 | P. Vijayalakshmi | AIADMK | 61609 | 63.7% | Subramaniams | DMK | 28060 |
| 1980 | P. Vijayalakshmi | AIADMK | 51034 | 57.95% | Srinivasan. K. P | DMK | 15973 |
| 1977 | P. Venga Gounder | AIADMK | 31920 | 44.87% | M. Muthuswamy | DMK | 13776 |
| 1971 | S. Kandappan | DMK | 43605 | 60.89% | V. Kumarasamy | INC | 19260 |
| 1967 | T. A. Rajavelu | DMK | 42479 | 64.73% | T. P. Natesan | INC | 20348 |
| 1962 | A. K. Kaliappa Gounder | INC | 27795 | 55.66% | P. A. Saminathan | DMK | 11520 |