https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Salem_%E2%80%93_I_Assembly_constituency Salem – I Assembly constituency - Revision history 2026-10-31T08:48:20Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Salem_%E2%80%93_I_Assembly_constituency&diff=532115&oldid=prev MaritzaSandoval: data 2026-04-14T03:34:34Z <p>data</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Former Legislative Assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=July 2020}}<br /> {{Infobox Indian constituency<br /> | name = Salem-I<br /> | state = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br /> | type = SLA<br /> | map_image = <br /> | established = 1951<br /> | district = [[Salem district|Salem]]<br /> | loksabha_cons = [[Salem Lok Sabha constituency|Salem]]<br /> | electors= 206,400<br /> | reservation = None<br /> | abolished= 2008<br /> }}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Salem-I&#039;&#039;&#039; is a former state assembly constituency in [[Tamil Nadu]].<br /> <br /> ==History==<br /> Until 2008, the city of [[Salem, Tamil Nadu|Salem]] was part of the [[Salem – I Assembly constituency|Salem I]] and [[Salem – II 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.&lt;ref&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The constituencies of Salem were redrawn as [[Salem North Assembly constituency|Salem North]], [[Salem South Assembly constituency|Salem South]] and [[Salem West Assembly constituency|Salem West]] in 2008.&lt;ref&gt;{{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}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> == Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br /> {| class=&quot;wikitable sortable&quot;<br /> ! Year<br /> ! Winner<br /> ! colspan=&quot;2&quot;| Party<br /> |-<br /> |style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; colspan=&quot;4&quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Madras State&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> | [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1951]]<br /> | [[Varadarajulu Naidu]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br /> | [[A. Mariappan Mudaliar]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br /> | [[G. Venkataraman]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br /> | [[K. Jayaraman]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> |style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot; colspan=&quot;4&quot;|&#039;&#039;&#039;Tamil Nadu&#039;&#039;&#039;<br /> |-<br /> | [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br /> | K. Jayaraman<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br /> | [[S. V. Varadarajan]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br /> | [[G. Krishnaraj]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]<br /> | G. Krishnaraj<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br /> | [[K. R. G. Dhanapalan]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br /> | [[S. R. Jayaraman]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br /> | K. R. G. Dhanapalan<br /> | {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br /> | [[S. Venkatachalam]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |-<br /> | [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br /> | [[L. Ravichandran]]<br /> | {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br /> |}<br /> <br /> ==Election results==<br /> {{bar box<br /> |float=right<br /> |title= Vote share of winning candidates<br /> |titlebar=#ddd<br /> |width=300px<br /> |barwidth=275px<br /> |bars=<br /> {{bar percent|[[#2006|2006]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|44.13}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#2001|2001]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|60.01}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1996|1996]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|58.82}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1991|1991]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|65.97}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1989|1989]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|43.67}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1984|1984]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|51.80}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1980|1980]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|52.55}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1977|1977]]|{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|38.21}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1971|1971]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|50.92}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1967|1967]]|{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}|57.92}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1962|1962]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|50.67}}<br /> {{bar percent|[[#1957|1957]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|45.21}}<br /> <br /> }}<br /> ===2006=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem-I&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 2006 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf | access-date = 12 May 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007200819/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf | archive-date = 7 Oct 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=[[L. Ravichandran]] |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=69,083 |percentage=44.13% |change=-15.88% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. R. Suresh |party=Indian National Congress |votes=56,266 |percentage=35.94% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. J. Dhanasekar |party=Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam |votes=27,218 |percentage=17.38% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=N. Annadurai |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=2,095 |percentage=1.34% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. A. Shajahan |party=Independent politician |votes=576 |percentage=0.37% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=V. Poongodi |party=Lok Janshakti Party |votes=253 |percentage=0.16% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=B. Sanaullakhan |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=237 |percentage=0.15% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Suresh |party=Independent politician |votes=209 |percentage=0.13% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=G. Srinivasan |party=Independent politician |votes=190 |percentage=0.12% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Manickam |party=Independent politician |votes=188 |percentage=0.12% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Rajagopal |party=Independent politician |votes=157 |percentage=0.10% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=12,817 |percentage=8.19% |change=-14.54% }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=156,561 |percentage=75.85% |change= 11.99% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 206,400 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -15.88% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===2001=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem-I&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web |title = Statistical Report on General Election 2001 |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |date = 12 May 2001 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101006173934/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf |archive-date=6 October 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=S. E. Venkatajalam |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=66,365 |percentage=60.01% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. A. Elangovan |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=41,234 |percentage=37.29% |change=-21.53% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=T. Ravikrishnan |party=Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=976 |percentage=0.88% |change=-0.21% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=L. S. Anburaj |party=Independent politician |votes=847 |percentage=0.77% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Rajkumar |party=Independent politician |votes=431 |percentage=0.39% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=B. V. Prakash |party=Independent politician |votes=198 |percentage=0.18% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=N. Sakthivel |party=Independent politician |votes=106 |percentage=0.10% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Duraisamy |party=Independent politician |votes=100 |percentage=0.09% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=I. Babu |party=Independent politician |votes=91 |percentage=0.08% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Madhesu |party=Independent politician |votes=87 |percentage=0.08% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. Saravanakumar |party=Independent politician |votes=85 |percentage=0.08% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=25,131 |percentage=22.72% |change=-3.62% }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=110,590 |percentage=63.87% |change= -1.50% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 173,264 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 1.19% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===1996=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem-I&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = 1996 Election Statistical Report | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007221700/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf | archive-date = 7 October 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=[[K. R. G. Dhanapalan]] |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=67,566 |percentage=58.82% |change=30.09% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. T. Natarajan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=37,299 |percentage=32.47% |change=-33.50% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. R. Jeyaraman |party=All India Indira Congress (Tiwari) |votes=4,437 |percentage=3.86% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=B. Venugopalan |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=2,182 |percentage=1.90% |change=-0.03% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=T. Ravikrishnan |party=Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=1,259 |percentage=1.10% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=R. Kasilingam |party=Independent politician |votes=413 |percentage=0.36% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=R. Sudhakaran |party=Independent politician |votes=386 |percentage=0.34% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. A. Samarasam |party=Independent politician |votes=179 |percentage=0.16% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. S. Saleem |party=Independent politician |votes=124 |percentage=0.11% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. M. Arumugam |party=Independent politician |votes=112 |percentage=0.10% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Goverthanan |party=Independent politician |votes=111 |percentage=0.10% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=30,267 |percentage=26.35% |change=-10.90% }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=114,875 |percentage=65.36% |change= 4.85% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 180,579 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= -7.16% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===1991=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem-I&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1991 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007161404/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf | archive-date = 7 October 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=S. R. Jayaraman |party=Indian National Congress |votes=72,792 |percentage=65.97% |change=47.80% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=G. K. Subash |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=31,698 |percentage=28.73% |change=-14.94% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=V. Ramanathan |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=2,130 |percentage=1.93% |change=1.41% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. B. Khader Hussain |party=Indian Union Muslim League |votes=1,806 |percentage=1.64% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. Kannamma Ganapathy |party=Janata Party |votes=1,010 |percentage=0.92% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=T. B. S. Arthanariasamy Chetty |party=Independent politician |votes=125 |percentage=0.11% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. M. Selvakumaran |party=Independent politician |votes=102 |percentage=0.09% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Shan Muga Sundaram |party=Independent politician |votes=93 |percentage=0.08% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Ravikumar |party=Independent politician |votes=76 |percentage=0.07% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. Vanaraji |party=Independent politician |votes=68 |percentage=0.06% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate|candidate=M. Usharaj |party=TDI |votes=67 |percentage=0.06% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=41,094 |percentage=37.24% |change=17.25% }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=110,335 |percentage=60.52% |change= -9.06% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 185,710 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 22.30% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===1989=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem-I&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1989 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006153620/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf | archive-date = 6 October 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=[[K. R. G. Dhanapalan]] |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=49,498 |percentage=43.67% |change=-2.56% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=C. N. K. A. Periasamy |party=Independent politician |votes=26,837 |percentage=23.68% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. Thiruselvam |party=Indian National Congress |votes=20,598 |percentage=18.17% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=V. P. Eswaran |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=13,654 |percentage=12.05% |change=-39.76% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. Vaiyapuri |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=588 |percentage=0.52% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=O. P. Damodharan |party=Independent politician |votes=299 |percentage=0.26% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. T. P. Chandrasekaran |party=Independent politician |votes=234 |percentage=0.21% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=V. Vijaya Sarathi Mohan |party=Independent politician |votes=173 |percentage=0.15% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. M. Selvakumaran |party=Independent politician |votes=152 |percentage=0.13% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Prakasam |party=Independent politician |votes=136 |percentage=0.12% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Manicka Achari |party=Independent politician |votes=106 |percentage=0.09% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=22,661 |percentage=19.99% |change=14.42% }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=113,343 |percentage=69.58% |change= -7.23% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 164,974 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -8.13% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===1984=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem-I&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1984 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120117121208/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf | archive-date = 17 Jan 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=G. Krishnaraj |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=54,749 |percentage=51.80% |change=-0.74% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=G. K. Subasu |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=48,863 |percentage=46.24% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. L. Rasan |party=Independent politician |votes=790 |percentage=0.75% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=C. S. Rajan |party=Independent politician |votes=276 |percentage=0.26% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=R. Ragunath |party=Independent politician |votes=240 |percentage=0.23% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Venkatesa Iyer |party=Independent politician |votes=127 |percentage=0.12% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=N. Thiyagaraj |party=Independent politician |votes=108 |percentage=0.10% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Sivalingam |party=Independent politician |votes=84 |percentage=0.08% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. R. V. Rajendran |party=Independent politician |votes=80 |percentage=0.08% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. K. Selvaraj |party=Independent politician |votes=77 |percentage=0.07% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=E. Alagiri |party=Independent politician |votes=75 |percentage=0.07% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=5,886 |percentage=5.57% |change=-14.25% }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=105,683 |percentage=76.81% |change= 6.12% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 141,927 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -0.74% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===1980=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem-I&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1980 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006231656/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf | archive-date = 6 Oct 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=G. Krishnaraj |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=50,976 |percentage=52.55% |change=14.34% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Amanullah Khan |party=Independent politician |votes=31,745 |percentage=32.72% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=A. K. Palaniyeppan |party=Janata Party |votes=12,391 |percentage=12.77% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. A. Palanisami |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=597 |percentage=0.62% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=V. Soundappan |party=Independent politician |votes=467 |percentage=0.48% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. R. V. Rajendran |party=Independent politician |votes=286 |percentage=0.29% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=M. Ganesadasan |party=Independent politician |votes=228 |percentage=0.24% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=O. R. A. Ramakrishnan |party=Independent politician |votes=145 |percentage=0.15% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Balu (Alias) Balasubramaniam |party=Independent politician |votes=123 |percentage=0.13% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=T. K. Jayagopal |party=Independent politician |votes=52 |percentage=0.05% |change= }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=19,231 |percentage=19.82% |change=10.29% }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=97,010 |percentage=70.69% |change= 8.11% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 138,312 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= 14.34% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===1977=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem-I&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1977 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101007141448/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf | archive-date = 7 Oct 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=S. V. Varadarajan |party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=34,708 |percentage=38.21% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. S. Mahadeva Mudaliar |party=Janata Party |votes=26,046 |percentage=28.67% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. S. Manickam |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=21,093 |percentage=23.22% |change=-27.70% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=K. Mahadevan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=8,135 |percentage=8.95% |change=-38.23% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. Jotheeswaran |party=Independent politician |votes=281 |percentage=0.31% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. S. Venugopal |party=Independent politician |votes=261 |percentage=0.29% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. K. Muthaiah |party=Independent politician |votes=249 |percentage=0.27% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Theliammal |party=Independent politician |votes=71 |percentage=0.08% |change= }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=8,662 |percentage=9.54% |change=5.80% }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=90,844 |percentage=62.59% |change= -12.02% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 146,078 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -12.72% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===1971=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem-I&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India | title = Statistical Report on General Election 1971 | url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf | access-date = 19 April 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101006131227/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf | archive-date = 6 Oct 2010}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=K. Jayaraman |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=46,262 |percentage=50.92% |change=-7.00% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Thiagarajan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=42,867 |percentage=47.19% |change=6.68% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Ramakrishnan |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes=1,718 |percentage=1.89% |change= }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=3,395 |percentage=3.74% |change=-13.68% }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=90,847 |percentage=74.61% |change= -7.98% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 123,835 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |swing= -7.00% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===1967=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem-I&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web| last = Election Commission of India|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |title= Statistical Report on General Election 1967 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320175222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2012 |access-date= 19 April 2009}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=K. Jayaraman |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=46,776 |percentage=57.92% |change=11.76% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=P. Thiagarajan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=32,710 |percentage=40.51% |change=-10.16% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=N. P. Vasudevan |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes=835 |percentage=1.03% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=S. C. Gopal |party=Independent politician |votes=432 |percentage=0.53% |change= }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=14,066 |percentage=17.42% |change=12.91% }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=80,753 |percentage=82.59% |change= 0.43% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 99,374 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box gain with party link |winner=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= 7.25% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===1962=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem-I&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1962 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf |access-date= 19 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201143/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf |archive-date=27 Jan 2013}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=G. Venkataraman |party=Indian National Congress |votes=43,726 |percentage=50.67% |change=5.46% }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=E. R. Krishnan |party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |votes=39,838 |percentage=46.16% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=N. P. Vasudevan |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes=2,732 |percentage=3.17% |change= }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=3,888 |percentage=4.51% |change=4.13% }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=86,296 |percentage=82.16% |change= 23.20% }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 106,662 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box hold with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= 5.46% }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===1957=== <br /> {{Election box begin|title= [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem-I&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | last = Election Commission of India| title=Statistical Report on General Election 1957 | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf | access-date=2015-07-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127200447/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf |archive-date=27 Jan 2013}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box winning candidate with party link|candidate=[[A. Mariappan Mudaliar]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=24,920 |percentage=45.21% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=[[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]] |party=Independent politician |votes=24,713 |percentage=44.83% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|candidate=Samuel |party=Communist Party of India |votes=5,487 |percentage=9.95% |change= }}<br /> <br /> {{Election box margin of victory |votes=207 |percentage=0.38% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box turnout |votes=55,120 |percentage=58.96% |change= }}<br /> {{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 93,489 |change = }}<br /> {{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian National Congress |loser= |swing= }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> ===1952===<br /> {{Election box begin | title=[[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: Salem Town&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201450/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf}}&lt;/ref&gt;}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Varadarajulu Naidu|votes=19,674|percentage=35.47%|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India |candidate =[[Mohan Kumaramangalam]] |votes=17,554 |percentage=31.65% |change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Poorniah|votes=9,090|percentage=16.39%|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Bali Chettiar|votes=5,540|percentage=9.99%|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party|candidate=Jagannathan|votes=1,978|percentage=3.57%|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Party (India)|candidate=Rangaswamy|votes=1,160|percentage=2.09%|change=}}<br /> {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Krishnan|votes=464|percentage=0.84%|change=}}<br /> <br /> <br /> {{Election box margin of victory|votes=2120|percentage=3.82% |change=}}<br /> {{Election box turnout|votes=55,460|percentage=67.25%|change=}}<br /> <br /> {{Election box new seat win<br /> |winner=Indian National Congress<br /> |loser = <br /> |swing=<br /> }}<br /> {{Election box end}}<br /> <br /> == References ==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> ==External links==<br /> * {{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}}<br /> <br /> {{Defunct assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu}}<br /> <br /> {{coord|11.63|78.139|display=title}}<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Salem - I (state assembly constituency)}}<br /> [[Category:Former assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu]]<br /> [[Category:Salem district]]<br /> [[Category:Government of Salem, Tamil Nadu]]<br /> [[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]<br /> [[Category:1951 establishments in Madras State]]<br /> [[Category:Constituencies disestablished in 2008]]<br /> [[Category:2008 disestablishments in India]]</div> MaritzaSandoval