Salem Lok Sabha constituency

Salem is a parliamentary (Lok Sabha) constituency in Tamil Nadu, India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 15 of 39. It includes 6 Assembly constituencies like Edappadi, Omalur, Salem North, Salem South, Salem West and Veerapandi.

History
Since 1952, the Salem parliament seat was held by the Indian National Congress eight times (1952, 1957, 1962, 1984, 1989, 1991 and 2004), by the ADMK four times (1977, 1991, 2009 and 2014), by DMK three times (1967, 1971 and 1980), and once each by an independent (1998) and the Tamil Maanila Congress (1996).

Assembly segments
Salem Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:

Before 2009

 * 1) Salem I (defunct)
 * 2) Salem II (defunct)
 * 3) Omalur
 * 4) Yercuad (ST) (moved to Kallakurichi in 2009)
 * 5) Veerapandi
 * 6) Panamarathupatti (defunct)