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

YearWinnerParty
Madras State
1951Varadarajulu Naidu
1957A. Mariappan Mudaliar
1962C. Venkataraman
1967K. Jeyaraman
Tamil Nadu
1971K. Jayaraman
1977S. V. Varadarajan
1980G. Krishnaraj
1984G. Krishnaraj
1989K. R. G. Dhanapalan
1991S. R. Jayaraman
1996K. R. G. Dhanapalan
2001S. E. Venkatachalam
2006L. Ravichandran

Election results

1957

External links

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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.