Sankarapuram Assembly constituency

Sankarapuram is a state assembly constituency in kallakurichi district of Tamil Nadu, India.[2] It comprises portions of the Sankarapuram, Chinnasalem and Kallakkurichi taluks. It is a part of the Kallakurichi constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[3] Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Sankarapuram
Constituency for the State Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictKallakurichi
LS constituencyKallakurichi
Total electors2,68,535[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
Current MLAT. Udhayasuriyan
Party  DMK  
Elected year2021

The former Chinnasalem state assembly was absorbed in part by the Sankarapuram constituency and in part by Kallakurichi constituency.. Most successful party: DMK (7 times)

Demographics

Adi Dravida, Vanniyar and Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliar were majority in this constituency. Telugu Naidu, Udayar, Chettiyar and other religious minorities constitutes secondary population.[4]

Madras State
Year Winner Party
1962 K. Parthasarathi Indian National Congress
1967 S. P. Pachayappan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu
Year Winner Party
1971 N. Natchiyappan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 Durai. Muthusamy Indian National Congress
1980 S. Kalitheerthan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984 S. Kalitheerthan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989 M. Muthaiyan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 C. Ramaswamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 T. Udhayasuriyan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 P. Kasampu Pattali Makkal Katchi
2006 A. Angayarkanni Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 P. Mohan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 T. Udhayasuriyan[5] Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021 T. Udhayasuriyan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2021
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sankarapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK T. Udhayasuriyan 1,21,186
PMK Dr.Raja 75,223
NTK Rajiyamma 9,873
Independent P.Arul 2,120
Majority
Turnout
DMK gain from Swing

References
  1. "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Constituency Map". Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Retrieved 23 January 2017.
  3. "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
  4. "இதுதான் இந்தத் தொகுதி". The Hindu. 2019.
  5. "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 79. Retrieved 27 May 2016.

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