Sankarankoil (state assembly constituency)

Sankarankoil
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India

Sankarankoil is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. It is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. It is part of the Tenkasi Lok Sabha constituency.

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	Ramasundara Karunalaya Pandian and P. Urkavalan		Independent and Indian National Congress
1957	A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar and P. Urkavalan		Indian National Congress
1962	S. M. Abdul Majid Sahib		Indian National Congress
1967	P. Durairaj		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	S. Subbiah		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	S. Subbiah		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	P. Durairaj		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	S. Sankaralingam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1989	S. Thangavelu		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991	V. Gopalakrishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	C. Karuppasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	C. Karuppasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	C. Karuppasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	C. Karuppasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2012*	S. Muthuselvi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	V. M. Rajalakshmi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	E.Raja		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

* By-Elections were held on the account of vacancy due to the demise of the sitting MLA

Election Results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2021			38.92%
2016			44.36%
2011			49.99%
2006			40.33%
2001			43.51%
1996			33.94%
1991			61.88%
1989			43.99%
1984			54.45%
1980			48.87%
1977			34.26%
1971			61.84%
1967			62.79%
1962			52.41%
1957			27.80%
1952			36.81%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	E.Raja	71,347	38.92%	2.71%
	AIADMK	V. M. Rajalakshmi	66,050	36.03%	8.34%
	AMMK	Annadurai R	22,682	12.37%
	NTK	Mahendrakumari P	13,851	7.55%	6.16%
	MNM	Prabhu K	2,338	1.28%
	NOTA	Nota	1,957	1.07%	0.20%
	PT	Subramaniam V	1,941	1.06%
	Independent	Valliammal M	890	0.49%
	Independent	Vetrimaran A	620	0.34%
	Independent	Karuthapandiyan R	408	0.22%
	Independent	Muthukkutti S	389	0.21%
Margin of victory			5,297	2.89%	-5.27%
Turnout			1,83,338	72.11%	−3.85%
Registered electors			2,54,243
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	5.45%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. M. Rajalakshmi	78,751	44.36%	−5.63%
	DMK	Anbumani G	64,262	36.20%	−6.60%
	MDMK	Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar	20,807	11.72%
	BJP	Gunasekaran K	4,242	2.39%	1.10%
	NTK	Amutha	2,476	1.39%
	NOTA	None Of The Above	2,258	1.27%
	AIFB	Murugan K	1,042	0.59%
	Independent	Rajan A	782	0.44%
	PMK	Sureshkumar S	645	0.36%
	TMMK	Subashini S	579	0.33%
	Independent	Mariappan S	457	0.26%
Margin of victory			14,489	8.16%	0.97%
Turnout			1,77,510	75.97%	0.25%
Registered electors			2,33,672
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-5.63%

Bypoll 2012

By-election, 2012: Sankarankovil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Muthuselvi	94,977	59.4
	DMK	J. Jawahar SuryaKumar	26220	16.4
	MDMK	T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar	20,678	12.9
	DMDK	K. Muthukumar	12,144	2.05
	BJP	L. Murugan	1,633	0.10
Majority			68,757	43
Turnout			1,59,772
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Karuppasamy	72,297	49.99%	9.66%
	DMK	Umamaheswari. M	61,902	42.80%	6.01%
	Independent	Lakshmi Nathan. A	2,198	1.52%
	Independent	Rajendran. S	1,917	1.33%
	BJP	Saratha. C	1,862	1.29%
	Independent	Subbulakshmi. P	1,210	0.84%
	Independent	Gunaseelan. S	895	0.62%
	BSP	Kumar Alias Padayappa	815	0.56%	−7.42%
	Independent	Murugan. S	508	0.35%
	Independent	Mariappan. S	288	0.20%
	Independent	Gomathinayagam. M	239	0.17%
Margin of victory			10,395	7.19%	3.65%
Turnout			1,91,012	75.71%	6.23%
Registered electors			1,44,622
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.66%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Karuppasamy	50,603	40.33%	−3.18%
	DMK	S. Thangavelu	46,161	36.79%
	BSP	Karuppasamy. A	10,015	7.98%
	AIFB	Subbulakshmi. P	9,740	7.76%
	DMDK	Muthukumar. K	5,531	4.41%
	Independent	Subbulakshmi. K	1,351	1.08%
	SP	Kanagaraj. S	1,250	1.00%
	Independent	Ganesan. S	817	0.65%
Margin of victory			4,442	3.54%	-4.21%
Turnout			1,25,468	69.48%	5.08%
Registered electors			1,80,575
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-3.18%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Karuppasamy	52,000	43.51%	9.57%
	PT	P. Duraisamy	42,738	35.76%
	MDMK	Dr. T. Sadhan Tirumalaikumar	20,610	17.25%	−10.40%
	Independent	S. Vijayaraj	1,548	1.30%
	Independent	P. Subramanian	1,069	0.89%
	Independent	M. Krishnammal	836	0.70%
	Independent	Chinnadurai . N	699	0.58%
Margin of victory			9,262	7.75%	7.21%
Turnout			1,19,500	64.40%	−4.90%
Registered electors			1,85,591
	AIADMK hold		Swing	9.57%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	C. Karuppasamy	37,933	33.94%	−27.94%
	DMK	Rasiah @ Raja. S.	37,333	33.41%	−3.16%
	MDMK	S. Thangavelu	30,893	27.64%
	PMK	Ilangavi. M.	2,009	1.80%
	BJP	Shanmugavelu. P.	1,733	1.55%
	JP	Mariappan. C.	696	0.62%
	SHS	Perumal. K.	301	0.27%
	Independent	Kandasamy. V.	268	0.24%
	Independent	Ganesan. P.	216	0.19%
	Independent	Arasan. U.	172	0.15%
	Independent	Pirakasam. M.	133	0.12%
Margin of victory			600	0.54%	-24.78%
Turnout			1,11,752	69.30%	1.89%
Registered electors			1,73,541
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-27.94%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	V. Gopalakrishnan	65,620	61.88%	38.52%
	DMK	S. Thangavelu	38,772	36.56%	−7.43%
	PMK	Karuppasamy M.	916	0.86%
	Independent	Suriakanthi N.	484	0.46%
	THMM	Madasamy S.	251	0.24%
Margin of victory			26,848	25.32%	4.69%
Turnout			1,06,043	67.41%	−6.31%
Registered electors			1,63,079
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	17.89%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Thangavelu	46,886	43.99%	3.47%
	AIADMK	Marutha Karuppan. K. M	24,897	23.36%	−31.09%
	INC	Anandaraj. S. M	24,628	23.11%
	AIADMK	Sankaralingam. S. M	6,846	6.42%	−48.03%
	Independent	Rajaram. S. M	2,045	1.92%
	Independent	Subramanian. P. T. K. M	537	0.50%
	Independent	Petchiappan. S. M	371	0.35%
	Independent	Karuppasamy. V. M	304	0.29%
	Independent	John Pandian. S. M	67	0.06%
Margin of victory			21,989	20.63%	6.70%
Turnout			1,06,581	73.73%	0.46%
Registered electors			1,47,593
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.46%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	S. Sankaralingam	48,411	54.45%	5.58%
	DMK	S. Thangavelu	36,028	40.52%	−4.69%
	Independent	K. Madasamy	3,569	4.01%
	Independent	S. Shanmugaraj	582	0.65%
	Independent	I. Ulagamaniammal	317	0.36%
Margin of victory			12,383	13.93%	10.27%
Turnout			88,907	73.27%	19.04%
Registered electors			1,30,144
	AIADMK hold		Swing	5.58%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Durairaj	31,818	48.87%	15.15%
	DMK	Madan. K.	29,436	45.21%	10.96%
	Independent	Minnavadi. U.	3,000	4.61%
	Independent	Muthiah. P.	508	0.78%
	Independent	Panneer Selvam. K.	345	0.53%
Margin of victory			2,382	3.66%	3.12%
Turnout			65,107	54.23%	1.46%
Registered electors			1,21,949
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	14.61%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Subbiah	21,569	34.26%	−27.58%
	AIADMK	C. Ayyadorai	21,232	33.72%
	INC	S. Shanmugavel	14,491	23.01%	−15.15%
	DMK	A.K.C. Thangappandian	13,778	21.88%	−39.95%
	JP	L. Sundararaj Naicker	7,187	11.41%
	JP	A.M. Chellachami	4,967	7.89%
	Independent	R. Kovil Pillai	2,602	4.13%
	Independent	S. Pachiappan	706	1.12%
Margin of victory			337	0.54%	-23.14%
Turnout			62,965	52.77%	−12.16%
Registered electors			1,21,097
	DMK hold		Swing	-27.58%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	S. Subbiah	35,677	61.84%	−0.95%
	INC	Jame M.	22,019	38.16%	5.71%
Margin of victory			13,658	23.67%	-6.67%
Turnout			57,696	64.93%	−6.06%
Registered electors			93,951
	DMK hold		Swing	-0.95%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	P. Durairaj	37,173	62.79%	36.60%
	INC	P. Urkavalan	19,211	32.45%	−19.96%
	Independent	V. K. Madaswamy	1,482	2.50%
	Independent	K. Chelliah	1,336	2.26%
Margin of victory			17,962	30.34%	4.12%
Turnout			59,202	70.99%	−1.77%
Registered electors			89,463
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	10.38%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. M. Abdul Majid Sahib	32,799	52.41%	24.61%
	DMK	S. Krishnan Servai	16,388	26.19%
	SWA	L. M. K. Balasubramaniam Chettiar	10,391	16.60%
	Independent	K. Ayyadurai	3,001	4.80%
Margin of victory			16,411	26.22%	22.35%
Turnout			62,579	72.75%	−10.39%
Registered electors			89,446
	INC hold		Swing	24.61%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Urkavalan	40,397	27.80%	3.19%
	INC	A. R. Subbiah Mudaliar	34,771	23.93%	−0.68%
	Independent	Adinamilagi	21,907	15.08%
	PSP	S. Uthaman (Sc)	12,374	8.52%
	Independent	Vallathurai	10,310	7.10%
	Independent	Shanmugam (Sc)	9,937	6.84%
	Independent	Subbiah (Sc)	9,104	6.27%
	Independent	Ganapathy	6,511	4.48%
Margin of victory			5,626	3.87%	-8.34%
Turnout			1,45,311	83.15%	−26.87%
Registered electors			1,74,765
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-9.01%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Ramasundara Karunalaya Pandian	56,256	36.81%
	INC	Sattanatha Karayalar	37,603	24.61%	24.61%
	INC	P. Urkavalan	29,967	19.61%	19.61%
	Independent	O. Sappani	11,313	7.40%
	Independent	Sithanatha Kutumban	9,683	6.34%
	Independent	Rakkan	4,221	2.76%
	Independent	Karuppiah	3,766	2.46%
Margin of victory			18,653	12.21%
Turnout			1,52,809	110.02%
	{{{winner}}} win (new seat)
	Independent win (new seat)

References

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.