Salem – I Assembly constituency

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

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

Madras State

Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Year Winner Party
1951 Varadarajulu Naidu Indian National Congress
1957 A. Mariappan Mudaliar Indian National Congress
1962 C. Venkataraman Indian National Congress
1967 K. Jeyaraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu
Year Winner Party
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

2006
2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Salem I[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK L.Ravichandran 69,083
INC M.R.Suresh 56,266
DMDK Dhanasekar 27,218
Margin of victory 12,817
Turnout 1,56,561
Registered electors 2,06,400
AIADMK hold Swing

2001
2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Salem Town[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S.E.Venkatachalam 66,365
DMK Elangovan 41,234
MDMK Ravikrishnan 976
Independent Anburaj 847
Independent Rajkumar 431
Independent Prakash 198
Independent Sakthivel 106
Margin of victory 25,131
Turnout 1,10,656 63.87%
Registered electors 1,73,264

References
  1. "Partywise Comparison Since 1977". Election Commission of India. 2011. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
  2. "New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2012.
  3. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.


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