Sangagiri Assembly constituency

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Sangagiri
Constituency No. 87 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateTamil Nadu
DistrictSalem
Lok Sabha constituencyNamakkal
Established1957
Total electors260,525
Member of Legislative Assembly
17th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  AIADMK  
Alliance  NDA  
Elected year2026

Sangakiri is a state assembly constituency in Salem district, Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 87. It comprises Sangagiri taluk and a portion of Omalur taluk. It is a part of the wider Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[1] Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. The constituency has been in existence since the 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Demographics[edit | edit source]

The Kongu Vellalar community has a large number of people in this constituency, followed by the Kongu Vettuva gounder, Vanniyar, Senguntha Mudaliar, Sozhiya Vellalar, Muslim, and Adi Dravida communities.[2][3]

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Madras State[edit | edit source]

Year Winner Party
1957 K. S. Subramania Gounder Indian National Congress
1962
1967 R. Nallamuthu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu[edit | edit source]

Year Winner Party
1971 V. Muthur Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977 P. Dhanapal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980
1984
1989 R. Varadarajan Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1991 V. Saroja All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996 V. Muthu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001 P. Dhanapal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006 V. P. Duraisamy Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011 P. Vijayalakshmi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016 S. Raja[4]
2021 S. Sundararajan
2026 S. Vetrivel

Election results[edit | edit source]

Vote share of winning candidates
2021
 
 49.72%
2016
 
 44.57%
2011
 
 57.07%
2006
 
 46.85%
2001
 
 56.41%
1996
 
 54.43%
1991
 
 70.01%
1989
 
 41.72%
1984
 
 56.99%
1980
 
 56.61%
1977
 
 53.27%
1971
 
 60.73%
1967
 
 61.70%
1962
 
 48.38%
1957
 
 60.09%

2026[edit | edit source]

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2026 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sankari
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Vetrivel
DMK M. Manikandan
TVK Senthil Kumar Kumaravel New
NTK Nithya Arun
NOTA NOTA
Margin of victory
Turnout
Registered electors 258678
[[|N/A]] gain from [[|N/A]] Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

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2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Sundararajan 115,472 49.72% +5.15
DMK K. M. Rajesh 95,427 41.09% New
NTK S. Shobana 10,862 4.68% +3.97
MNM K. Sengodan 3,175 1.37% New
AMMK A. Chellamuthu 1,471 0.63% New
NOTA NOTA 1,469 0.63% −0.73
Margin of victory 20,045 8.63% -8.68%
Turnout 232,247 84.69% 0.65%
Registered electors 274,234
AIADMK hold Swing 5.15%

2016[edit | edit source]

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK S. Raja 96,202 44.57% −12.51
INC T. K. Rajeswaran 58,828 27.25% New
PMK P. Kannan 37,927 17.57% New
TMC(M) K. Selvakumar 5,633 2.61% New
KMDK K. Saravanan 5,091 2.36% New
BJP A. C. Murugesan 3,184 1.48% +0.87
NOTA NOTA 2,934 1.36% New
NTK V. Janaki 1,521 0.70% New
Independent A. Muthusamy 1,110 0.51% New
Margin of victory 37,374 17.31% -1.66%
Turnout 215,863 84.04% −2.08%
Registered electors 256,847
AIADMK hold Swing -12.51%

2011[edit | edit source]

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy 105,502 57.07% +21.57
DMK Veerapandy S. Arumugam 70,423 38.10% −8.76
Independent M. Boopathy 1,194 0.65% New
BJP P. Natarajan 1,127 0.61% New
Independent S. K. Venkadachalam 1,103 0.60% New
IJK M. Mohankumar 1,095 0.59% New
Margin of victory 35,079 18.98% 7.63%
Turnout 184,859 86.13% 17.46%
Registered electors 214,637
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 10.22%

2006[edit | edit source]

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. P. Duraisamy 67,792 46.85% +8.86
AIADMK S. Shanthamani 51,372 35.50% −20.91
DMDK R. Easwaran 19,109 13.21% New
Independent P. Sakthivel 1,918 1.33% New
BSP P. Ponnusami 1,267 0.88% New
Independent P. Kandhasamy 930 0.64% New
Margin of victory 16,420 11.35% -7.07%
Turnout 144,691 68.66% 9.07%
Registered electors 210,731
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -9.56%

2001[edit | edit source]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[9]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Dhanapal 70,312 56.41% +20.07
DMK T. R. Saravanan 47,360 38.00% −16.43
MDMK S. Murugesan 4,704 3.77% New
Independent R. Ranganathan 2,263 1.82% New
Margin of victory 22,952 18.41% 0.33%
Turnout 124,639 59.59% −3.04%
Registered electors 209,155
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 1.98%

1996[edit | edit source]

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[10]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. Muthu 64,216 54.43% +30.45
AIADMK K. K. Ramasamy 42,880 36.35% −33.66
CPI(M) C. Duraisamy 4,662 3.95% New
Independent M. R. Balakrishnan 1,465 1.24% New
BJP P. Palani 993 0.84% New
Independent C. Kuppan 678 0.57% New
Margin of victory 21,336 18.09% -27.94%
Turnout 117,976 62.64% 1.54%
Registered electors 196,150
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -15.58%

1991[edit | edit source]

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[11]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK V. Saroja 79,039 70.01% +35.86
DMK R. Varadarajan 27,080 23.99% −17.73
PMK V. Ramn 5,902 5.23% New
Margin of victory 51,959 46.02% 38.45%
Turnout 112,901 61.10% 0.03%
Registered electors 189,946
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing 28.29%

1989[edit | edit source]

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[12]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK R. Varadarajan 43,365 41.72% +0.73
AIADMK R. Dhanapal 35,496 34.15% −22.84
INC M. Kolandairaj 12,431 11.96% New
AIADMK V. Ambedhkhar 8,625 8.30% −48.69
Independent M. Mani 1,947 1.87% New
Independent M. Palaniappan 702 0.68% New
Indian Congress (J) K. M. Srivnivasn 546 0.53% New
Margin of victory 7,869 7.57% -8.44%
Turnout 103,953 61.07% −7.79%
Registered electors 174,383
DMK gain from AIADMK Swing -15.27%

1984[edit | edit source]

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[13]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Dhanapal 58,276 56.99% +0.38
DMK S. Murugesan 41,906 40.98% −0.06
Independent P. Mani 1,501 1.47% New
Independent N. Lakshmi 573 0.56% New
Margin of victory 16,370 16.01% 0.44%
Turnout 102,256 68.86% 13.40%
Registered electors 155,258
AIADMK hold Swing 0.38%

1980[edit | edit source]

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[14]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Dhanapal 45,664 56.61% +3.33
DMK R. Varadarajan 33,109 41.04% +21.95
JP R. Kandasamy 1,329 1.65% New
Independent T. K. Manickam 564 0.70% New
Margin of victory 12,555 15.56% -18.61%
Turnout 80,666 55.45% 11.57%
Registered electors 148,309
AIADMK hold Swing 3.33%

1977[edit | edit source]

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiari[15]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK P. Dhanapal 32,780 53.27% New
DMK M. Paramanandam 11,751 19.10% −41.63
JP P. Muthuswamy 9,131 14.84% New
INC M. Velraj 5,125 8.33% −29.81
Independent K. Palanisamy 1,224 1.99% New
Independent T. K. Manickam 1,161 1.89% New
Independent P. Muthusamy 358 0.58% New
Margin of victory 21,029 34.18% 11.59%
Turnout 61,530 43.88% −5.25%
Registered electors 142,856
AIADMK gain from DMK Swing -7.46%

1971[edit | edit source]

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[16]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK V. Muthur 27,741 60.73% −0.97
INC P. T. Seerangan 17,422 38.14% +2.95
Independent S. Palaniappan 514 1.13% New
Margin of victory 10,319 22.59% -3.92%
Turnout 45,677 49.13% −4.01%
Registered electors 99,756
DMK hold Swing -0.97%

1967[edit | edit source]

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[17]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK R. Nallamuthu 30,112 61.70% +29.63
INC A. Rajendran 17,174 35.19% −13.19
Independent K. Kandasamy 765 1.57% New
ABJS P. Raju 753 1.54% New
Margin of victory 12,938 26.51% 10.20%
Turnout 48,804 53.14% −13.03%
Registered electors 94,558
DMK gain from INC Swing 13.32%

1962[edit | edit source]

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[18]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Subramania Gounder 26,531 48.38% −11.72
DMK B. Pandarinathan 17,587 32.07% New
SWA M. S. Krishnan 10,123 18.46% New
Independent Paruvaraji 601 1.10% New
Margin of victory 8,944 16.31% -18.34%
Turnout 54,842 66.17% 25.00%
Registered electors 86,673
INC hold Swing -11.72%

1957[edit | edit source]

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri[19]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Subramania Gounder 21,408 60.09% New
Independent R. Thandavan 9,064 25.44% New
CPI T. S. Arthanari 3,974 11.16% New
Independent Narayanasami 1,178 3.31% New
Margin of victory 12,344 34.65%
Turnout 35,624 41.17%
Registered electors 86,522
INC win (new seat)

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Tamil Nadu - Final Notification & Order" (PDF). Delimitation Commission of India. National Informatics Centre. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  2. ↑ Dinamalar (2016). "Who will win Sangagiri constituency | Demographics".
  3. ↑ "87 - சங்ககிரி". www.hindutamil.in.
  4. ↑ "2016 Tamil Nadu General Election: Constituency Data Summary" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 87. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sangagiri Election Result". Retrieved 18 June 2022.
  6. ↑ "Assembly wise Candidate Valid Votes count 2016, Tamil Nadu" (PDF). www.elections.tn.gov.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2022. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
  7. ↑ Detailes Result 2011, Aseembly Election Tamil Nadu (PDF). Election Commission of Tamil Nadu (Report). Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 February 2017. Retrieved 9 May 2021.
  8. ↑ Election Commission of India. "2006 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 12 May 2006.
  9. ↑ Election Commission of India (12 May 2001). "Statistical Report on General Election 2001" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010.
  10. ↑ Election Commission of India. "1996 Election Statistical Report" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  11. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1991" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  12. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1989" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  13. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1984" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 January 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  14. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1980" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  15. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1977" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  16. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1971" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2010. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  17. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1967" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  18. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1962" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2009.
  19. ↑ Election Commission of India. "Statistical Report on General Election 1957" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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