Vijay Tamilan Parthiban. A of TVK won the Salem (South) Assembly constituency (Salem district, Kongu (West)) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 43.95% of 207,902 votes cast. The winning margin over Loganathan. M (DMK) was 33,369 votes, or 16.05 percentage points. The seat flipped from ADMK to TVK since 2021.
TVK
Winning party
43.95%
Winner vote share
33,369
Margin (16.05%)
ADMK → TVK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Salem (South) 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vijay Tamilan Parthiban. A Winner | TVK | 91,371 | 43.95% |
| 2 | Loganathan. M 2nd | DMK | 58,002 | 27.9% |
| 3 | Vinoth. J | ADMK | 50,216 | 24.15% |
| 4 | Sofia. S | NTK | 5,819 | 2.8% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 745 | 0.36% |
| 6 | Bas Madheswaran | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 407 | 0.2% |
| 7 | Varatharajan. S.P | IND | 166 | 0.08% |
| 8 | Loganathan. M | IND | 165 | 0.08% |
| 9 | Ambedkar. C | IND | 158 | 0.08% |
| 10 | Jayaraj. S | IND | 117 | 0.06% |
| 11 | Mayakannan. N | IND | 99 | 0.05% |
| 12 | Parthiban. A | IND | 93 | 0.04% |
| 13 | Santhosh. S | IND | 92 | 0.04% |
| 14 | Praveen Kumar. M | IND | 91 | 0.04% |
| 15 | Palaniappan. M | IND | 75 | 0.04% |
| 16 | Loganathan. M | IND | 71 | 0.03% |
| 17 | Sumathi. P | IND | 61 | 0.03% |
| 18 | Parthiban. V | IND | 58 | 0.03% |
| 19 | Sundaram. R | IND | 56 | 0.03% |
| 20 | Padmanapan. M | IND | 40 | 0.02% |
How Salem (South) compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | E.BALASUBRAMANIAN | ADMK | 48.76% |
| 2026 | VIJAY TAMILAN PARTHIBAN. A | TVK | 43.95% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -4.81 percentage points in the winning vote share.
This page is part of the full Tamil Nadu 2026 election results set. Explore every seat, party efficiency, regional swing and demographics in the TN 2026 Explorer. For the wider story, see TVK’s debut mapped, the incumbents who lost, and how DMK collapsed.