Salem – I Assembly constituency

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Salem-I
Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Tamil Nadu
District Salem
Lok Sabha constituency Salem
Established1951
Abolished2008
Total electors206,400
ReservationNone

Salem-I is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.

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History

Until 2008, the city of Salem was part of the Salem I and Salem II assembly constituencies. Since 1977, the ADMK party won the Salem I assembly seat five times (1977, 1980, 1984, 2001 and 2006); Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won twice (1989 and 1996), and the Indian National Congress (INC) won in 1991. [1]

The constituencies of Salem were redrawn as Salem North, Salem South and Salem West in 2008. [2]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

YearWinnerParty
Madras State
1951 Varadarajulu Naidu Indian National Congress
1957 A. Mariappan Mudaliar Indian National Congress
1962 C. Venkataraman Indian National Congress
1967 K. Jayaraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu
1971 K. Jayaraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 S. V. Varadarajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980 G. Krishnaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 G. Krishnaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 K. R. G. Dhanapalan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 S. R. Jayaraman Indian National Congress
1996 K. R. G. Dhanapalan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 S. E. Venkatachalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 L. Ravichandran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2006
44.13%
2001
60.01%
1996
58.82%
1991
65.97%
1989
43.67%
1984
51.80%
1980
52.55%
1977
38.21%
1971
50.92%
1967
57.92%
1962
50.67%
1957
45.21%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem-I [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK L. Ravichandran 69,083 44.13% −15.88%
INC M. R. Suresh56,26635.94%
DMDK S. J. Dhanasekar27,21817.38%
BJP N. Annadurai2,0951.34%
Independent M. A. Shajahan5760.37%
LJP V. Poongodi2530.16%
BSP B. Sanaullakhan2370.15%
Independent S. Suresh2090.13%
Independent G. Srinivasan1900.12%
Independent S. Manickam1880.12%
Independent P. Rajagopal1570.10%
Margin of victory12,8178.19%−14.54%
Turnout 156,56175.85%11.99%
Registered electors 206,400
AIADMK hold Swing -15.88%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem-I [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK S. E. Venkatajalam 66,365 60.01%
DMK M. A. Elangovan41,23437.29%−21.53%
MDMK T. Ravikrishnan9760.88%−0.21%
Independent L. S. Anburaj8470.77%
Independent S. Rajkumar4310.39%
Independent B. V. Prakash1980.18%
Independent N. Sakthivel1060.10%
Independent P. Duraisamy1000.09%
Independent I. Babu910.08%
Independent P. Madhesu870.08%
Independent A. Saravanakumar850.08%
Margin of victory25,13122.72%−3.62%
Turnout 110,59063.87%−1.50%
Registered electors 173,264
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 1.19%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem-I [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. R. G. Dhanapalan 67,566 58.82% 30.09%
INC A. T. Natarajan37,29932.47%−33.50%
AIIC(T) S. R. Jeyaraman4,4373.86%
BJP B. Venugopalan2,1821.90%−0.03%
MDMK T. Ravikrishnan1,2591.10%
Independent R. Kasilingam4130.36%
Independent R. Sudhakaran3860.34%
Independent S. A. Samarasam1790.16%
Independent A. S. Saleem1240.11%
Independent K. M. Arumugam1120.10%
Independent K. Goverthanan1110.10%
Margin of victory30,26726.35%−10.90%
Turnout 114,87565.36%4.85%
Registered electors 180,579
DMK gain from INC Swing -7.16%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem-I [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC S. R. Jayaraman 72,792 65.97% 47.80%
DMK G. K. Subash31,69828.73%−14.94%
BJP V. Ramanathan2,1301.93%1.41%
IUML M. B. Khader Hussain1,8061.64%
JP M. Kannamma Ganapathy1,0100.92%
Independent T. B. S. Arthanariasamy Chetty1250.11%
Independent P. M. Selvakumaran1020.09%
Independent S. Shan Muga Sundaram930.08%
Independent P. Ravikumar760.07%
Independent M. Vanaraji680.06%
TDIM. Usharaj670.06%
Margin of victory41,09437.24%17.25%
Turnout 110,33560.52%−9.06%
Registered electors 185,710
INC gain from DMK Swing 22.30%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem-I [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. R. G. Dhanapalan 49,498 43.67% −2.56%
Independent C. N. K. A. Periasamy26,83723.68%
INC A. Thiruselvam20,59818.17%
AIADMK V. P. Eswaran13,65412.05%−39.76%
BJP A. Vaiyapuri5880.52%
Independent O. P. Damodharan2990.26%
Independent A. T. P. Chandrasekaran2340.21%
Independent V. Vijaya Sarathi Mohan1730.15%
Independent P. M. Selvakumaran1520.13%
Independent S. Prakasam1360.12%
Independent K. Manicka Achari1060.09%
Margin of victory22,66119.99%14.42%
Turnout 113,34369.58%−7.23%
Registered electors 164,974
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -8.13%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem-I [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK G. Krishnaraj 54,749 51.80% −0.74%
DMK G. K. Subasu48,86346.24%
Independent P. L. Rasan7900.75%
Independent C. S. Rajan2760.26%
Independent R. Ragunath2400.23%
Independent S. Venkatesa Iyer1270.12%
Independent N. Thiyagaraj1080.10%
Independent P. Sivalingam840.08%
Independent S. R. V. Rajendran800.08%
Independent P. K. Selvaraj770.07%
Independent E. Alagiri750.07%
Margin of victory5,8865.57%−14.25%
Turnout 105,68376.81%6.12%
Registered electors 141,927
AIADMK hold Swing -0.74%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem-I [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK G. Krishnaraj 50,976 52.55% 14.34%
Independent Amanullah Khan31,74532.72%
JP A. K. Palaniyeppan12,39112.77%
BJP S. A. Palanisami5970.62%
Independent V. Soundappan4670.48%
Independent S. R. V. Rajendran2860.29%
Independent M. Ganesadasan2280.24%
Independent O. R. A. Ramakrishnan1450.15%
Independent Balu (Alias) Balasubramaniam1230.13%
Independent T. K. Jayagopal520.05%
Margin of victory19,23119.82%10.29%
Turnout 97,01070.69%8.11%
Registered electors 138,312
AIADMK hold Swing 14.34%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem-I [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
AIADMK S. V. Varadarajan 34,708 38.21%
JP S. S. Mahadeva Mudaliar26,04628.67%
DMK P. S. Manickam21,09323.22%−27.70%
INC K. Mahadevan8,1358.95%−38.23%
Independent S. Jotheeswaran2810.31%
Independent P. S. Venugopal2610.29%
Independent S. K. Muthaiah2490.27%
Independent Theliammal710.08%
Margin of victory8,6629.54%5.80%
Turnout 90,84462.59%−12.02%
Registered electors 146,078
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -12.72%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Salem-I [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. Jayaraman 46,262 50.92% −7.00%
INC P. Thiagarajan42,86747.19%6.68%
ABJS P. Ramakrishnan1,7181.89%
Margin of victory3,3953.74%−13.68%
Turnout 90,84774.61%−7.98%
Registered electors 123,835
DMK hold Swing -7.00%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem-I [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
DMK K. Jayaraman 46,776 57.92% 11.76%
INC P. Thiagarajan32,71040.51%−10.16%
ABJS N. P. Vasudevan8351.03%
Independent S. C. Gopal4320.53%
Margin of victory14,06617.42%12.91%
Turnout 80,75382.59%0.43%
Registered electors 99,374
DMK gain from INC Swing 7.25%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem-I [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC C. Venkataraman 43,726 50.67% 5.46%
DMK E. R. Krishnan39,83846.16%
ABJS N. P. Vasudevan2,7323.17%
Margin of victory3,8884.51%4.13%
Turnout 86,29682.16%23.20%
Registered electors 106,662
INC hold Swing 5.46%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem-I [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC A. Mariappan Mudaliar 24,920 45.21%
Independent V. R. Nedunchezhiyan 24,71344.83%
CPI Samuel5,4879.95%
Margin of victory2070.38%
Turnout 55,12058.96%
Registered electors 93,489
INC win (new seat)

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Salem Town [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Varadarajulu Naidu19,67435.47%
CPI Mohan Kumaramangalam 17,55431.65%
Independent Poorniah9,09016.39%
Independent Bali Chettiar5,5409.99%
KMPP Jagannathan1,9783.57%
Socialist Rangaswamy1,1602.09%
Independent Krishnan4640.84%
Margin of victory21203.82%
Turnout 55,46067.25%
INC win (new seat)

References

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