| Sangagiri | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 87 for theTamil 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 | |
| Party | AIADMK |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Sangakiri is astate assembly constituency inSalem district,Tamil Nadu, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 87. It comprisesSangagiri taluk and a portion ofOmalur taluk. It is a part of the widerNamakkal Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to theParliament 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.
TheKongu Vellalar community has a large number of people in this constituency, followed by theVanniyar ,Senguntha Mudaliar, Sozhiya Vellalar,Vettuva gounder ,Muslim, andAdi Dravida communities.[3][4]
| Year | Winner | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | K. S. Subramania Gounder | Indian National Congress | |
| 1962 | |||
| 1967 | R. Nallamuthu | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |
| 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% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 5.15% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | -12.51% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | 10.22% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -9.56% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | 1.98% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -15.58% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | 28.29% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKgain fromAIADMK | Swing | -15.27% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 0.38% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKhold | Swing | 3.33% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| AIADMKgain fromDMK | Swing | -7.46% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKhold | Swing | -0.97% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| DMKgain fromINC | Swing | 13.32% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| INChold | Swing | -11.72% | |||
| 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 | ||||
| INCwin (new seat) | |||||