Sangagiri Assembly constituency

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 Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[2] 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.

Sangagiri
Constituency No. 87 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Salem
Lok Sabha constituency	Namakkal
Established	1957
Total electors	2,74,234[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent S. Sundararajan
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Demographics

The Kongu Vellalar community has a large number of people in this constituency, followed by the Vanniyar Gounder, Senguntha Mudaliar, Sozhiya Vellalar, Muslim, and Adi Dravida communities.^[3][4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

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

Tamil Nadu

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[5]
2021	S. Sundararajan

Election results

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%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[6]

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

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[7]

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

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[8]

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

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[9]

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

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[10]

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

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[11]

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

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[12]

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

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[13]

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

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[14]

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

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[15]

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

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiari^[16]

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

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[17]

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

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[18]

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

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[19]

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

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Sangagiri^[20]

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)