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'''Sankagiri''' is a [[Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu|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 (Lok Sabha constituency)|Namakkal constituency]] for national elections to the [[Parliament of India]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/Tamilnadu/Final%20Notification%20&%20Order%20.pdf |title= Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order |website= Delimitation Commission of India |publisher= National Informatics Centre |access-date= 27 January 2017}}</ref> Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. The constituency is in existence since 1957 election.<br />
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==Demographics==<br />
Kongu Vellalar and [[Vanniyar]] communities are numerically high in this constituency followed by [[Senguntha Mudaliar]], Sozhiyar, [[Tamil Muslims]], and [[Adi Dravida]] communities.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://m.dinamalar.com/detail.php?id=204874 |author=Dinamalar |author-link=Dinamalar |title= Who will win Sankagiri constituency {{!}} Demographics |year=2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/election-2016/salem/81366-87.html|title=87 - சங்ககிரி|website=www.hindutamil.in}}</ref><br />
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== Madras State ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable" width="50%"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
| [[K. S. Subramania Gounder]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1962]]<br />
| [[K. S. Subramania Gounder]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| [[R. Nallamuthu]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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== Tamil Nadu ==<br />
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{| class="wikitable" width="50%"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2" | Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1971]]<br />
| [[V. Muthur]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| [[P. Dhanapal]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| [[P. Dhanapal]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1984]]<br />
| [[P. Dhanapal]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1989]]<br />
| [[R. Varadarajan (Sankari MLA)|R. Varadarajan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
| [[V. Saroja]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
| [[V. Muthu]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
| [[P. Dhanapal]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
| [[V. P. Duraisamy]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
| [[P. Vijayalakshmi]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| [[S. Raja]]<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |title=2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2016/09-Constitutional%20Data%20Summarytamil.pdf |access-date=27 May 2016|page=87}}</ref><br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| S. SundaraRajan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}<br />
|}<br />
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==Election Results==<br />
===2021===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Sankari]]<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=S. Sundararajan|votes=1,15,472|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=Rajesh|votes=95,427|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Naam Tamilar Katchi|candidate=Anitha|votes=10,862|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link |<br />
|party =Makkal Needhi Maiam <br />
|candidate =Sengodan <br />
|votes =3,175 <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
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{{Election box majority||votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
* {{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|title= Statistical reports of assembly elections|access-date= 8 July 2010|publisher= Election Commission of India|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101005110118/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp|archive-date= 5 October 2010}}<br />
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