Salem-I is a former state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.
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.
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