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

Year Winner Party
Madras State
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
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]
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 206,400
AIADMK hold Swing -15.88%

2001

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 173,264
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 1.19%

1996

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 180,579
DMK gain from INC Swing -7.16%

1991

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 185,710
INC gain from DMK Swing 22.30%

1989

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 164,974
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -8.13%

1984

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 141,927
AIADMK hold Swing -0.74%

1980

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 138,312
AIADMK hold Swing 14.34%

1977

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 146,078
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -12.72%

1971

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 123,835
DMK hold Swing -7.00%

1967

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 99,374
DMK gain from INC Swing 7.25%

1962

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 106,662
INC hold Swing 5.46%

1957

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 93,489
INC win (new seat)

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. ↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  4. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). 12 May 2001. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  5. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  6. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  7. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  8. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  9. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  10. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  11. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  14. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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