S. Semmalai : Political Career

Election history

            All the elections where a candidate by the name S. Semmalai contested in whether lost or won, by how many votes. His/ her vote share etc details all can be found here.
          

2016 for Vidhan Sabha from Mettur

WON against Parthiban S R

with 35% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Semmalai S	ADMK	72,751
Parthiban S R	DMK	66,469
Mani G K	PMK	49,939
Boopathy R	DMDK	5,892
None Of The Above	NOTA	1,829
Balasubramanian P	BJP	1,428
Rajagounder A	KMDK	1,345
Venkatachalam N	NTK	981
Gopalan M	NCP	826
Sevanthi V	GMI	783
Parthiban R	IND	707
Nanga Gounder D	IND	572
Paranthaman K	IND	544
Subramaniam P	IND	526
Nanthakumar N	IND	515
Padmarajan K Dr	IND	359
Palanisamy K	IND	340
Bakkiyam A	IND	309
Karunakaran M V	GPI	268
Prabhu S	IND	238
Siva A	IND	236
Jaganathan V	IND	226
Mathayan C	BSP	174
Usha Rani R	IND	160
Parthiban I	IND	157

2009 for Lok Sabha from Salem

WON against Thangkabalu K V

with 42% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Semmalai S	ADMK	380,460
Thangkabalu K V	INC	333,969
Alagaapuram R Mohanraj	DMDK	120,325
Selladurai C	IND	23,056
Balasubramani R	BSP	4,858
Nandagopal K	IND	4,451
Nallathambi Po	IND	4,441
Ashok Samraj M	KNMK	3,642
Dhamodharan N B	IND	3,111
Periyasamy T	IND	3,010
Annadurai M	AIVP	2,041
Shahjahan M A	IND	1,832
Andhraprakash A	PPOI	1,713
Chinnan N	IND	1,297
Kowsalya C	IND	1,059
Muthusamy P	IND	1,026
Jayavenugopal C D	IND	949
Govanam Thangavel K S	IND	854
Krishnan M	IND	775
Ganesh M.A.S.S	AITC	755
Maheswaran V	IND	658
Chandrasekaran G	IND	658
Muniyappan A	IND	614

2001 for Vidhan Sabha from Omalur

WON against Rajendran.Era.

with 59% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Semmalai S	ADMK	65,861
Rajendran.Era.	DMK	34,259
Sundararajan B.S	JP	3,235
Murugan.K	IND	2,250
Nallathambi.P	IND	1,722
Panneer Selvam . S.D.	IND	897
Chinnusamy .P.	MDMK	894
Natesan.G.	IND	512
Krishnan.V.M	NCP	499
Karumalai.K	IND	406
Selvamm.R.	IND	370

1996 for Vidhan Sabha from Salem-Ii

LOST against Thangavel A.L.

with 31% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Thangavel A.L.	DMK	63,588
Semmalai S.	ADMK	36,097
Mohanraj R.	AIIC(T)	10,794
Vennira Aadai Nirmala (Selvi)	BJP	1,997
Thamarai Kannan K.S.V.	MDMK	1,719
Krishnan K.	IND	331
Maganlal Jain R.	IND	248
Sivaji S.	IND	153
Chinniah N.	IND	116
Vaiyapuri V.	IND	100
Balaji S.	IND	82
Sunder Rajan R.	IND	66
Raman R.	IND	56
Balakrishnan K.P.	IND	55
Saravanan R.	IND	53
Arunachalam S.	IND	52
Ganesan K.	IND	50
Kanakaraj D.	IND	47
Kandasamy R.	IND	46
Selvaraj S.	IND	36
Vijayakumar S.	IND	36
Natarajan G.	IND	29
Vairam T.	IND	20

1989 for Vidhan Sabha from Taramangalam

LOST against Arjunan K.

with 13% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Arjunan K.	ADK(JL)	15,818
Kandasamy P.	IND	14,165
Arrjunan P.	DMK	13,301
Semmalai 5.	ADK(JR)	8,100
Arunachalam T.	INC	7,780
Ganesan C.	IND	1,153
Rajamanickam T.M.	IND	328
Govindan M.	IND	311
Arumugam P.	IND	301
Kiliappan S.	IND	243
Sundar Ganeson K.	IND	139
Perumol Gounder N.	IND	117
Sadasivam V.	IND	106
Marugan G.	IND	96
Kelandai Gounder M.	IND	71
Mayilsamy M.	IND	37

1984 for Vidhan Sabha from Taramangalam

WON against Arjunan K.

with 70% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Semmalai S.	ADMK	63,407
Arjunan K.	DMK	25,429
Perumal Gounder N.	IND	533
Chinnappan	IND	414
Manickam C.	IND	348
Arumugam K.S.	IND	223
Palanisamy	IND	215
Rajugoundan	IND	207
Dhanappan P.	IND	130
Dhanabalan G.	IND	89

1980 for Vidhan Sabha from Taramangalam

WON against Narayanan R

with 60% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
Semmalai S	IND	49,597
Narayanan R	INC	27,214
Perumal S. R	CPI	3,909
Arumugam K. S	IND	1,193
Asaithambi K	IND	290

1977 for Vidhan Sabha from Taramangalam

LOST against R. Narayanan

with 35% vote share

Candidate	Party	Votes
R. Narayanan	INC	23,882
S. Semmalai	ADMK	23,863
T.M. Ramasamy Gounder	JNP	10,073
K.R. Govindan	DMK	9,020
K. Rajagopal	IND	935
N. Perumal Gounder	IND	917
P.M. Vadivel Gounder	IND	351