Salem_-_I_Assembly_constituency
Salem – I Assembly constituency
Former constituency in Tamil Nadu, India
Salem-I is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.
Quick Facts Constituency details, Country ...
| Salem-I | |
|---|---|
| Former constituency for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Salem |
| LS constituency | Salem |
| Established | 1951 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Total electors | 206,400 |
| Reservation | none |
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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]
More information Year, Winner ...
| 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 | |
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More information Vote share of Winning candidates ...
| 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% | |||
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2006
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 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 | ||||
| Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam hold | Swing | -15.88% | |||
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2001
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 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 | ||||
| Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam gain from DMK | Swing | 1.19% | |||
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1996
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1991
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1989
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | ||
| Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 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 Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | Swing | -8.13% | |||
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1984
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 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 | ||||
| Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam hold | Swing | -0.74% | |||
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1980
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 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 | ||||
| Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam hold | Swing | 14.34% | |||
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1977
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 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 | ||||
| Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam gain from DMK | Swing | -12.72% | |||
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1971
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1967
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1962
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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% | |||
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1957
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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) | |||||
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