Salem-i Assembly Constituency Election Result

Salem-i is a legislative assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. Election results of Salem-i assembly constituency seat is given below in a table that also lists all MLAs from this seat. Click election year in the table, for more detailed result.

List of all MLA from Salem-i Assembly Constituency Seat (Tamil Nadu) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2006	Ravichandran L	AIADMK	69083
2001	Venkatajalam Se	ADMK	66365
1996	Dhanapalan, K R G	DMK	67566
1991	Jayaraman S R	INC	72792
1989	Dhanabalan, K R G	DMK	49498
1984	G Krishnaraj	ADK	54749
1980	Krishnaraj, G	ADK	50976
1977	S V Varadarajan	ADK	34708

2006 Legislative Assembly Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ravichandran L Male 41 yr GEN	AIADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	69083
2	Suresh M R Male 35 yr GEN	INC Indian National Congress	56266
3	Dhanasekar S J Male 27 yr GEN	DMDK Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	27218
4	Annadurai N Male 37 yr GEN	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	2095
5	Shajahan M A Male 36 yr GEN	IND Independent	576
6	Poongodi V Female 28 yr GEN	LJP Lok Jan Shakti Party	253
7	Sanaullakhan B Male 40 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	237
8	Suresh S Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent	209
9	Srinivasan G Male 32 yr GEN	IND Independent	190
10	Manickam S Male 52 yr GEN	IND Independent	188
11	Rajagopal P Male 55 yr SC	IND Independent	157
12	Mani S Male 48 yr GEN	UCPI United Communist Party Of India	89
	Total		156561

In 2006, Salem-i legislative assembly constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 156561. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Ravichandran L won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 69083 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Suresh M R stood second with total 56266 votes. He lost by 12817 votes.

2001 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Venkatajalam Se Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	66365 60.01%
2	Elangovan M A Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	41234 37.29%
3	Ravikrishnan T Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	976 0.88%
4	L S Anburaj Male	IND Independent	847 0.77%
5	Rajkumar S Male	IND Independent	431 0.39%
6	Prakash B V Male	IND Independent	198 0.18%
7	Sakthivel N Male	IND Independent	106 0.1%
8	Duraisamy P Male	IND Independent	100 0.09%
9	Babu I Male	IND Independent	91 0.08%
10	Madhesu P Male	IND Independent	87 0.08%
11	Saravanakumar A Male	IND Independent	85 0.08%
12	Thangavel M Male	IND Independent	70 0.06%
	Total		110590 63.87%

In 2001, Salem-i legislative assembly constituency had total 173264 electors. Total number of valid vote was 110590. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Venkatajalam Se won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 66365 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Elangovan M A stood second with total 41234 votes. He lost by 25131 votes.

1996 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Dhanapalan, K R G Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	67566 58.82%
2	Natarajan, A T Male	INC Indian National Congress	37299 32.47%
3	Jeyaraman, S R Male	AIIC(T) All India Indira Congress (tiwari)	4437 3.86%
4	Venugopalan, B Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	2182 1.9%
5	Ravikrishnan, T Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1259 1.1%
6	Kasilingam, R Male	IND Independent	413 0.36%
7	Sudhakaran, R Male	IND Independent	386 0.34%
8	Samarasam, S A Male	IND Independent	179 0.16%
9	Saleem, A S Male	IND Independent	124 0.11%
10	Arumugam, K M Male	IND Independent	112 0.1%
11	Goverthanan, K Male	IND Independent	111 0.1%
12	Kennedy, N Male	IND Independent	83 0.07%
13	Perumal, P Male	IND Independent	82 0.07%
14	Sathasivam, A Male	IND Independent	75 0.07%
15	Veerasamy, N Male	IND Independent	73 0.06%
16	Subramani, V Male	IND Independent	66 0.06%
17	Ramamoorthy, B Male	IND Independent	66 0.06%
18	Soundappan, S Male	IND Independent	61 0.05%
19	Ganesan, V Male	IND Independent	59 0.05%
20	Senbagavalli, S Female	IND Independent	53 0.05%
21	Ganapathy, K Male	IND Independent	50 0.04%
22	Murali, C V Male	IND Independent	48 0.04%
23	Raja, S M Male	IND Independent	36 0.03%
24	Madhu, N Male	IND Independent	28 0.02%
25	Vaiyapuri, S Male	IND Independent	27 0.02%
	Total		114875 65.36%

In 1996, Salem-i legislative assembly constituency had total 180579 electors. Total number of valid vote was 114875. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Dhanapalan, K R G won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 67566 votes. Indian National Congress candidate Natarajan, A T stood second with total 37299 votes. He lost by 30267 votes.

1991 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Jayaraman S R Male	INC Indian National Congress	72792 65.97%
2	Subash G K Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	31698 28.73%
3	Ramanathan V Male	BJP Bhartiya Janta Party	2130 1.93%
4	Khader Hussain M B Male	MUL Muslim League	1806 1.64%
5	Kannamma Ganapathy M Female	JP Janata Party	1010 0.92%
6	Arthanariasamy Chetty T B S Male	IND Independent	125 0.11%
7	Selvakumaran P M Male	IND Independent	102 0.09%
8	Shan Muga Sundaram S Male	IND Independent	93 0.08%
9	Ravikumar P Male	IND Independent	76 0.07%
10	Vanaraji M Male	IND Independent	68 0.06%
11	Usharaj M Female	TDI Tamilar Desiya Iyyakkam	67 0.06%
12	Lakshmi Kanthan A Male	TMM Tharasu Makkal Mandram	63 0.06%
13	David Dayalan T Male	IND Independent	59 0.05%
14	Arumugam C Male	IND Independent	58 0.05%
15	Sivagnanam S T Male	IND Independent	46 0.04%
16	Balasubramaniam A Male	TLK Tamilar Kazhagam	41 0.04%
17	Chelladurai S Male	IND Independent	34 0.03%
18	Rajendran B C Male	IND Independent	34 0.03%
19	Sait Musthafa S Male	IND Independent	33 0.03%
	Total		110335 60.52%

In 1991, Salem-i legislative assembly constituency had total 185710 electors. Total number of valid vote was 110335. Indian National Congress candidate Jayaraman S R won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 72792 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Subash G K stood second with total 31698 votes. He lost by 41094 votes.

1989 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Dhanabalan, K R G Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	49498 43.67%
2	Periasamy, C N K A Male	IND Independents	26837 23.68%
3	Thiruselvam, A Male	INC Indian National Congress	20598 18.17%
4	Eswaran, V P Male	ADK(JR) All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(janaki Ramachandran)	13654 12.05%
5	Vaiyapuri, A Male	BJP Bhartiya Janata Party	588 0.52%
6	Damodharan, Op Male	IND Independents	299 0.26%
7	Chandrasekaran, A T P Male	IND Independents	234 0.21%
8	Vijaya Sarathi Mohan, V Male	IND Independents	173 0.15%
9	Selvakumaran, P M Male	IND Independents	152 0.13%
10	Prakasam, S Male	IND Independents	136 0.12%
11	Manicka Achari, K Male	IND Independents	106 0.09%
12	Sampath, R Male	IND Independents	104 0.09%
13	Sivalingam, P Male	IND Independents	82 0.07%
14	Kolandaivelu, N Male	IND Independents	79 0.07%
15	Periathambi Udayar, M Male	IND Independents	69 0.06%
16	Mohanasundaram, G Male	IND Independents	69 0.06%
17	Muthu, N Male	IND Independents	65 0.06%
18	Paul K M Male	IND Independents	62 0.05%
19	Rajamanickam, T V Male	IND Independents	62 0.05%
20	Sarojini, A Female	IND Independents	56 0.05%
21	Annamalai, P Male	IND Independents	53 0.05%
22	Rajendran, D Male	IND Independents	45 0.04%
23	Kandasamy, P Male	IND Independents	44 0.04%
24	Arumugam, C Male	IND Independents	42 0.04%
25	Sivagnanam, S T Male	IND Independents	41 0.04%
26	Ramalingam, M Male	IND Independents	40 0.04%
27	Palaniyandi, P Male	IND Independents	27 0.02%
28	Chinthamani, A Female	IND Independents	27 0.02%
29	Madhavaraj, K Male	IND Independents	24 0.02%
30	Arivalagan, Ks Male	IND Independents	23 0.02%
31	Ramakrishnan, O R A Male	IND Independents	21 0.02%
32	Varadaraj, S Male	IND Independents	20 0.02%
33	Parasuraman, D Male	IND Independents	13 0.01%
	Total		113343 69.58%

In 1989, Salem-i legislative assembly constituency had total 164974 electors. Total number of valid vote was 113343. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Dhanabalan, K R G won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 49498 votes. Independents candidate Periasamy, C N K A stood second with total 26837 votes. He lost by 22661 votes.

1984 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	G Krishnaraj Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	54749 51.8%
2	G K Subasu Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	48863 46.24%
3	P L Rasan Male	IND Independent	790 0.75%
4	C S Rajan Male	IND Independent	276 0.26%
5	R Ragunath Male	IND Independent	240 0.23%
6	S Venkatesa Iyer Male	IND Independent	127 0.12%
7	N Thiyagaraj Male	IND Independent	108 0.1%
8	P Sivalingam Male	IND Independent	84 0.08%
9	S R V Rajendran Male	IND Independent	80 0.08%
10	P K Selvaraj Male	IND Independent	77 0.07%
11	E Alagiri Male	IND Independent	75 0.07%
12	M Periyathambi Udayer Male	IND Independent	68 0.06%
13	T Periyasamy Male	IND Independent	66 0.06%
14	Rajendran M Male	IND Independent	51 0.05%
15	Mohammed M Y Male	IND Independent	29 0.03%
	Total		105683 76.81%

In 1984, Salem-i legislative assembly constituency had total 141927 electors. Total number of valid vote was 105683. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate G Krishnaraj won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 54749 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate G K Subasu stood second with total 48863 votes. He lost by 5886 votes.

1980 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Krishnaraj, G Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	50976 52.55%
2	Amanullah Khan Male	IND Independent	31745 32.72%
3	Palaniyep Pan, A K Male	JNP(JP) Janata Party (jp)	12391 12.77%
4	Palanisami, S A Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	597 0.62%
5	Soundappan, V Male	IND Independent	467 0.48%
6	Rajendran, S R V Male	IND Independent	286 0.29%
7	Ganesadasan,m Male	IND Independent	228 0.24%
8	Ramakrishnan, O R A Male	IND Independent	145 0.15%
9	Balu (alias) Balasubramaniam Male	IND Independent	123 0.13%
10	Jayagopal, T K Male	IND Independent	52 0.05%
	Total		97010 70.69%

In 1980, Salem-i legislative assembly constituency had total 138312 electors. Total number of valid vote was 97010. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Krishnaraj, G won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 50976 votes. Independent candidate Amanullah Khan stood second with total 31745 votes. He lost by 19231 votes.

1977 Assembly Constituency Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	S V Varadarajan Male	ADK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	34708 38.21%
2	S S Mahadeva Mudaliar Male	JNP Janata Party	26046 28.67%
3	P S Manickam Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	21093 23.22%
4	K Mahadevan Male	INC Indian National Congress	8135 8.95%
5	S Jotheeswaran Male	IND Independent	281 0.31%
6	P S Venugopal Male	IND Independent	261 0.29%
7	S K Muthaiah Male	IND Independent	249 0.27%
8	Theliammal Female	IND Independent	71 0.08%
	Total		90844 62.59%

In 1977, Salem-i legislative assembly constituency had total 146078 electors. Total number of valid vote was 90844. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate S V Varadarajan won and became MLA from this seat. He secured total 34708 votes. Janata Party candidate S S Mahadeva Mudaliar stood second with total 26046 votes. He lost by 8662 votes.