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Sankari (state 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.[1] Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. The constituency is in existence since 1957 election.
Demographics[edit]
Kongu Vellalar and Vanniyar communities are numerically high in this constituency followed by Senguntha Mudaliar, Sozhiyar, Tamil Muslims, and Adi Dravida communities.[2][3]
Madras State[edit]
| 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[edit]
Election Results[edit]
2021[edit]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIADMK | S. Sundararajan | 1,15,472 | |||
| DMK | Rajesh | 95,427 | |||
| NTK | Anitha | 10,862 | |||
| MNM | Sengodan | 3,175 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| AIADMK gain from [[|N/A]] | Swing | ||||
References[edit]
- ↑ "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 reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.