Salem – I Assembly constituency explained

Salem-I
State:	Tamil Nadu
Type:	SLA
Established:	1951
District:	Salem
Loksabha Cons:	Salem
Electors:	206,400
Reservation:	None
Abolished:	2011

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
1957	A. Mariappan Mudaliar
1962	C. Venkataraman
1967	K. Jeyaraman
Tamil Nadu
1971	K. Jayaraman
1977	S. V. Varadarajan
1980	G. Krishnaraj
1984	G. Krishnaraj
1989	K. R. G. Dhanapalan
1991	S. R. Jayaraman
1996	K. R. G. Dhanapalan
2001	S. E. Venkatachalam
2006	L. Ravichandran

Election results

1957

External links

• Web site: Statistical reports of assembly elections. 8 July 2010. Election Commission of India. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp. 5 October 2010. dmy-all.

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. 29 December 2012. 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20140512232527/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S22/partycomp88.htm. 12 May 2014. live. dmy-all.
2. Web site: New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008. Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120515102633/http://elections.tn.nic.in/forms/int3.pdf. 15 May 2012. dmy-all.