Sankarankoil (state assembly constituency)

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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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
DMK E.Raja 71,347 38.92% Increase2.71%
AIADMK V. M. Rajalakshmi 66,050 36.03% Decrease8.34%
AMMK Annadurai R 22,682 12.37%
NTK Mahendrakumari P 13,851 7.55% Increase6.16%
MNM Prabhu K 2,338 1.28%
NOTA Nota 1,957 1.07% Decrease0.20%
style="background-color: Template:Puthiya Tamilagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Puthiya Tamilagam|Template:Puthiya Tamilagam/meta/shortname]] 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 Decrease5.45%

2016[edit]

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%
style="background-color: Template:Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam|Template:Tamil Nadu Muslim Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/shortname]] 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election : Sankarankoil
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AIADMK C. Karuppasamy 52,000 43.51% 9.57%
style="background-color: Template:Puthiya Tamilagam/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Puthiya Tamilagam|Template:Puthiya Tamilagam/meta/shortname]] 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[edit]

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[edit]

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%
style="background-color: Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/color; width: 5px;" | [[Tharasu Makkal Mandram|Template:Tharasu Makkal Mandram/meta/shortname]] 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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%
[[Swatantra Party|Template:Swatantra Party/meta/shortname]] 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[edit]

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%
[[Praja Socialist Party|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]] 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[edit]

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[edit]

  • "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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