| Sangagiri | |
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| Constituency No. 87 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Tamil Nadu |
| District | Salem |
| LS constituency | Namakkal |
| Total electors | 2,74,234[1] |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Sangagiri or 'Sankari' 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 constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.[2] Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below. The constituency is in existence since 1957 election. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.
Demographics
Vanniyar community is numerically high in this constituency followed by Kongu Vellalar Gounder , Senguntha Mudaliar, Sozhiya Vellalar, Muslims, and Adi Dravida communities.[3][4]
Madras State
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | K. S. Subramania Gounder | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | R. Nallamuthu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
Tamil Nadu
Election Results
2021
| 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% | ||
| Rejected ballots | 53 | 0.02% | |||
| Registered electors | 274,234 | ||||
| AIADMK hold | Swing | 5.15% | |||
2016
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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 | |
| INC(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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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
| 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) | |||||
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