Salem – I

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'''Salem-I''' is a state assembly constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]].

Election results:

==History & Election results==
Until 2008, the city of [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] was part of the [[Salem – I (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem I]] and [[Salem – II (State Assembly Constituency)|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S22/partycomp88.htm|title=Partywise Comparison Since 1977|publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=29 December 2012|year=2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512232527/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/electionanalysis/AE/S22/partycomp88.htm|archive-date=12 May 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The constituencies of Salem were redrawn as [[Salem North (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem North]], [[Salem South (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem South]] and [[Salem West (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem West]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008|url=http://www.elections.tn.nic.in/forms/int3.pdf|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515102633/http://elections.tn.nic.in/forms/int3.pdf|archivedate=15 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

2006 election result:

1.L.Ravichandran Admk 69,083

2.M.R.Suresh Congress 56,266

3.S.J.Danasekhar DMDK 27,218

2001 election result:

1.S.E.Venkatachalam ADMK 66,365

2.M.A.Elangovan DMK 41,234

3.T.Ravikrishnan MDMK 976

== Madras State ==
Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.
{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Party
|-
| 1951
| [[Varadarajulu Naidu]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1957
| [[A. Mariappan Mudaliar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1962
| [[C. Venkataraman]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1967
| [[K. Jeyaraman]]
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
|}

== Tamil Nadu ==

{| class="wikitable" width="70%"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Party
|-
| 1971
| [[K. Jayaraman]]
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
| 1977
| [[S. V. Varadarajan]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
| 1980
| [[G. Krishnaraj]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
| 1984
| [[G. Krishnaraj]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
| 1989
| [[K. R. G. Dhanapalan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
| 1991
| [[S. R. Jayaraman]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
| 1996
| [[K. R. G. Dhanapalan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
| 2001
| [[S. E. Venkatachalam]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|-
| 2006
| [[L. Ravichandran]]
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|}

== After 2008 ==
The constituencies of Salem were redrawn as [[Salem North (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem North]], [[Salem South (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem South]] and [[Salem West (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem West]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|title=New Constituencies, Post-Delimitation 2008|url=http://www.elections.tn.nic.in/forms/int3.pdf|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer, Tamil Nadu|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515102633/http://elections.tn.nic.in/forms/int3.pdf|archivedate=15 May 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* {{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|title= Statistical reports of assembly elections|accessdate= 8 July 2010|publisher= Election Commission of India|url-status= dead|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archivedate= 5 October 2010|df= dmy-all}}

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