Sankari Assembly constituency
Sankagiri is a state assembly constituency in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India. It comprises Sankari taluk and a portion of Omalur taluk. It is a part of the wider Namakkal constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[2] Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. The constituency is in existence since 1957 election.
| Sankari | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the State Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Salem |
| LS constituency | Namakkal |
| Total electors | 2,74,234[1] |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | S. Sundararajan |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Demographics
Kongu Vellalar Gounder and Vanniyar communities are numerically high in this constituency followed by Senguntha Mudaliar, Sozhiyar, Tamil Muslims, and Adi Dravida communities.[3][4]
Madras State
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | K. S. Subramania Gounder | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | K. S. Subramania Gounder | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | R. Nallamuthu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu
Election Results
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Sundararajan | 1,15,472 | 49.72% | ||
| DMK | Rajesh | 95,427 | 41.09% | ||
| NTK | Anitha | 10,862 | 4.68% | ||
| MNM | Sengodan | 3,175 | 1.37% | ||
| Majority | 20,045 | ||||
| Turnout | 2,32,247 | ||||
1957
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. S. Subramania Gounder | 21,408 | 60.09% | ||
| Independent | R. Thandavan | 9,064 | 25.44% | ||
| CPI | T. S. Arthanari | 3,974 | 11.16% | ||
| Independent | Narayanasami | 1,178 | 3.31% | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,344 | 34.65% | |||
| Turnout | 35,624 | 41.17% | |||
| Registered electors | 86,522 | ||||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
References
- "Form 21E (Return of Election)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 December 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- Dinamalar (2016). "Who will win Sankagiri constituency | Demographics".
- "87 - சங்ககிரி". www.hindutamil.in.
- "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 87. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1957 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
- "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.
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