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]
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Salem I is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu Contents 1 History 2 Members of the Legislative Assembly 2 1 Madras State 2 2 Tamil Nadu 3 Election results 3 1 2006 3 2 2001 3 3 1996 3 4 1991 3 5 1989 3 6 1984 3 7 1980 3 8 1977 3 9 1971 3 10 1967 3 11 1962 3 12 1957 4 References 5 External linksHistory editUntil 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 editMadras State edit Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below Year Winner Party1951 Varadarajulu Naidu Indian National Congress1957 A Mariappan Mudaliar Indian National Congress1962 C Venkataraman Indian National Congress1967 K Jeyaraman Dravida Munnetra KazhagamTamil Nadu edit Year Winner Party1971 K Jayaraman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1977 S V Varadarajan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1980 G Krishnaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1984 G Krishnaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1989 K R G Dhanapalan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam1991 S R Jayaraman Indian National Congress1996 K R G Dhanapalan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam2001 S E Venkatachalam All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam2006 L Ravichandran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamElection results editVote share of Winning candidates2006 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 edit 2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem I 3 Party Candidate Votes AIADMK L Ravichandran 69 083 44 13 15 88 INC M R Suresh 56 266 35 94 DMDK S J Dhanasekar 27 218 17 38 BJP N Annadurai 2 095 1 34 Independent M A Shajahan 576 0 37 LJP V Poongodi 253 0 16 BSP B Sanaullakhan 237 0 15 Independent S Suresh 209 0 13 Independent G Srinivasan 190 0 12 Independent S Manickam 188 0 12 Independent P Rajagopal 157 0 10 Margin of victory 12 817 8 19 14 54 Turnout 156 561 75 85 11 99 Registered electors 206 400AIADMK hold Swing 15 88 2001 edit 2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem I 4 Party Candidate Votes AIADMK S E Venkatajalam 66 365 60 01 DMK M A Elangovan 41 234 37 29 21 53 MDMK T Ravikrishnan 976 0 88 0 21 Independent L S Anburaj 847 0 77 Independent S Rajkumar 431 0 39 Independent B V Prakash 198 0 18 Independent N Sakthivel 106 0 10 Independent P Duraisamy 100 0 09 Independent I Babu 91 0 08 Independent P Madhesu 87 0 08 Independent A Saravanakumar 85 0 08 Margin of victory 25 131 22 72 3 62 Turnout 110 590 63 87 1 50 Registered electors 173 264AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 1 19 1996 edit 1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem I 5 Party Candidate Votes DMK K R G Dhanapalan 67 566 58 82 30 09 INC A T Natarajan 37 299 32 47 33 50 AIIC T S R Jeyaraman 4 437 3 86 BJP B Venugopalan 2 182 1 90 0 03 MDMK T Ravikrishnan 1 259 1 10 Independent R Kasilingam 413 0 36 Independent R Sudhakaran 386 0 34 Independent S A Samarasam 179 0 16 Independent A S Saleem 124 0 11 Independent K M Arumugam 112 0 10 Independent K Goverthanan 111 0 10 Margin of victory 30 267 26 35 10 90 Turnout 114 875 65 36 4 85 Registered electors 180 579DMK gain from INC Swing 7 16 1991 edit 1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem I 6 Party Candidate Votes INC S R Jayaraman 72 792 65 97 47 80 DMK G K Subash 31 698 28 73 14 94 BJP V Ramanathan 2 130 1 93 1 41 IUML M B Khader Hussain 1 806 1 64 JP M Kannamma Ganapathy 1 010 0 92 Independent T B S Arthanariasamy Chetty 125 0 11 Independent P M Selvakumaran 102 0 09 Independent S Shan Muga Sundaram 93 0 08 Independent P Ravikumar 76 0 07 Independent M Vanaraji 68 0 06 TDI M Usharaj 67 0 06 Margin of victory 41 094 37 24 17 25 Turnout 110 335 60 52 9 06 Registered electors 185 710INC gain from DMK Swing 22 30 1989 edit 1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem I 7 Party Candidate Votes DMK K R G Dhanapalan 49 498 43 67 2 56 Independent C N K A Periasamy 26 837 23 68 INC A Thiruselvam 20 598 18 17 AIADMK V P Eswaran 13 654 12 05 39 76 BJP A Vaiyapuri 588 0 52 Independent O P Damodharan 299 0 26 Independent A T P Chandrasekaran 234 0 21 Independent V Vijaya Sarathi Mohan 173 0 15 Independent P M Selvakumaran 152 0 13 Independent S Prakasam 136 0 12 Independent K Manicka Achari 106 0 09 Margin of victory 22 661 19 99 14 42 Turnout 113 343 69 58 7 23 Registered electors 164 974DMK gain from AIADMK Swing 8 13 1984 edit 1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem I 8 Party Candidate Votes AIADMK G Krishnaraj 54 749 51 80 0 74 DMK G K Subasu 48 863 46 24 Independent P L Rasan 790 0 75 Independent C S Rajan 276 0 26 Independent R Ragunath 240 0 23 Independent S Venkatesa Iyer 127 0 12 Independent N Thiyagaraj 108 0 10 Independent P Sivalingam 84 0 08 Independent S R V Rajendran 80 0 08 Independent P K Selvaraj 77 0 07 Independent E Alagiri 75 0 07 Margin of victory 5 886 5 57 14 25 Turnout 105 683 76 81 6 12 Registered electors 141 927AIADMK hold Swing 0 74 1980 edit 1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem I 9 Party Candidate Votes AIADMK G Krishnaraj 50 976 52 55 14 34 Independent Amanullah Khan 31 745 32 72 JP A K Palaniyeppan 12 391 12 77 BJP S A Palanisami 597 0 62 Independent V Soundappan 467 0 48 Independent S R V Rajendran 286 0 29 Independent M Ganesadasan 228 0 24 Independent O R A Ramakrishnan 145 0 15 Independent Balu Alias Balasubramaniam 123 0 13 Independent T K Jayagopal 52 0 05 Margin of victory 19 231 19 82 10 29 Turnout 97 010 70 69 8 11 Registered electors 138 312AIADMK hold Swing 14 34 1977 edit 1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem I 10 Party Candidate Votes AIADMK S V Varadarajan 34 708 38 21 JP S S Mahadeva Mudaliar 26 046 28 67 DMK P S Manickam 21 093 23 22 27 70 INC K Mahadevan 8 135 8 95 38 23 Independent S Jotheeswaran 281 0 31 Independent P S Venugopal 261 0 29 Independent S K Muthaiah 249 0 27 Independent Theliammal 71 0 08 Margin of victory 8 662 9 54 5 80 Turnout 90 844 62 59 12 02 Registered electors 146 078AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 12 72 1971 edit 1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election Salem I 11 Party Candidate Votes DMK K Jayaraman 46 262 50 92 7 00 INC P Thiagarajan 42 867 47 19 6 68 ABJS P Ramakrishnan 1 718 1 89 Margin of victory 3 395 3 74 13 68 Turnout 90 847 74 61 7 98 Registered electors 123 835DMK hold Swing 7 00 1967 edit 1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election Salem I 12 Party Candidate Votes DMK K Jayaraman 46 776 57 92 11 76 INC P Thiagarajan 32 710 40 51 10 16 ABJS N P Vasudevan 835 1 03 Independent S C Gopal 432 0 53 Margin of victory 14 066 17 42 12 91 Turnout 80 753 82 59 0 43 Registered electors 99 374DMK gain from INC Swing 7 25 1962 edit 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election Salem I 13 Party Candidate Votes INC C Venkataraman 43 726 50 67 5 46 DMK E R Krishnan 39 838 46 16 ABJS N P Vasudevan 2 732 3 17 Margin of victory 3 888 4 51 4 13 Turnout 86 296 82 16 23 20 Registered electors 106 662INC hold Swing 5 46 1957 edit 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election Salem I 14 Party Candidate Votes INC A Mariappan Mudaliar 24 920 45 21 Independent V R Nedunchezhiyan 24 713 44 83 CPI Samuel 5 487 9 95 Margin of victory 207 0 38 Turnout 55 120 58 96 Registered electors 93 489INC win new seat References edit Partywise Comparison Since 1977 Election Commission of India 2011 Archived from the original on 12 May 2014 Retrieved 29 December 2012 New Constituencies Post Delimitation 2008 PDF Chief Electoral Officer Tamil Nadu Archived from the original PDF on 15 May 2012 Election Commission of India 2006 Election Statistical Report PDF Archived from the original PDF on 7 October 2010 Retrieved 12 May 2006 Statistical Report on General Election 2001 PDF 12 May 2001 Archived from the original PDF on 6 October 2010 Election Commission of India 1996 Election Statistical Report PDF Archived from the original PDF on 7 October 2010 Retrieved 19 April 2009 Election Commission of India Statistical Report on General Election 1991 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 7 October 2010 Retrieved 19 April 2009 Election Commission of India Statistical Report on General Election 1989 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 6 October 2010 Retrieved 19 April 2009 Election Commission of India Statistical Report on General Election 1984 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 17 January 2012 Retrieved 19 April 2009 Election Commission of India Statistical Report on General Election 1980 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 6 October 2010 Retrieved 19 April 2009 Election Commission of India Statistical Report on General Election 1977 PDF Archived from the original PDF on 7 October 2010 Retrieved 19 April 2009 Election Commission of India Statistical Report on General Election 1971 PDF Archived from the original 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