Salem (North)
K. Sivakumar (TVK) is the MLA for Salem (North).
TVK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 K. Sivakumar won with 40.7% of the vote, 14,034 votes ahead of R. Rajendran (DMK).
Salem (North) is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 1 mention since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Salem
- Area
- about 58 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 73.3%
- Seats sharing a border
- Salem (South) · Salem (West) · Yercaud
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TVK K. Sivakumar | 85,710 · 40.7% | DMK R. Rajendran | 71,676 · 34.0% | 14,034 (6.7 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK R. Rajendran | 93,432 · 46.2% | ADMK G. Venkatachalam | 85,844 · 42.4% | 7,588 (3.8 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Rajendran.R | 86,583 · 45.1% | ADMK Saravanan.K.R.S | 76,710 · 40.0% | 9,873 (5.1 pts) |
| 2011 | DMDK Alagaapuram R. Mohanraj | 88,956 · 54.5% | INC G. Jayaprakash | 59,591 · 36.5% | 29,365 (18.0 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Salem district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 31 August (240 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Salem (North)paler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Salem (North) itself is named in 1 of the district's 1,878 mentions (0.1%). The seat is too small to chart alone, so this is the district's picture.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Salem district, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Salem district
Salem| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gangavalli | ADMK | 7.3 | 0 |
| Attur | ADMK | 7.4 | 3 |
| Yercaud | ADMK | 0.9 | 10 |
| Omalur | ADMK | 5.4 | 12 |
| Mettur | ADMK | 8.3 | 78 |
| Edappadi | ADMK | 38.0 | 37 |
| Sankari | ADMK | 3.9 | 0 |
| Salem (West) | TVK | 31.9 | 0 |
| Salem (North) | TVK | 6.7 | 1 |
| Salem (South) | TVK | 16.1 | 0 |
| Veerapandi | TVK | 1.7 | 124 |
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Salem (North)
- சேலம் வடக்கு தொகுதி தவெக எம்எல்ஏ-வுக்கு எதிரான தேர்தல் வழக்கு தள்ளுபடி- ஐகோர்ட்Tamil originalMaalaimalar
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.