Tamil Nadu · AC 87
Sankari
Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha Election 2016 · Salem
256,847
Electors
215,863
Votes polled
84.04%
Turnout
37,374
Margin
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Raja.S
Won
Male
|
ADMK | 96,202 | 44.57% |
| 2 |
Rajeswaran.T.K
Male
|
INC | 58,828 | 27.25% |
| 3 |
Kannan.P
Male
|
PMK | 37,927 | 17.57% |
| 4 |
Selvakumar.K
Male
|
TMC(M) | 5,633 | 2.61% |
| 5 |
Saravanan.K
Male
|
KMDK | 5,091 | 2.36% |
| 6 |
Murugesan.A.C
Male
|
BJP | 3,184 | 1.48% |
| 7 | Nota (NOTA) | NOTA | 2,934 | 1.36% |
| 8 |
Janaki.V
Female
|
NTK | 1,521 | 0.70% |
| 9 |
Muthusamy.A
Male
|
IND | 1,110 | 0.51% |
| 10 |
Balamurugan.S
Male
|
IND | 889 | 0.41% |
| 11 |
Tharani Selvan.A
Male
|
IND | 726 | 0.34% |
| 12 |
Kathirvel.A
Male
|
IND | 581 | 0.27% |
| 13 |
Tamilselvi.V
Female
|
IND | 494 | 0.23% |
| 14 |
Ayyanar.C
Male
|
IND | 259 | 0.12% |
| 15 |
Govindan.M
Male
|
IND | 256 | 0.12% |
| 16 |
Murthy Kamarajar.M
Male
|
YSP | 228 | 0.11% |
Party Wise Vote Share
Overall vote % (Pie)Voter Participation by Gender
EVM voters — male vs femaleGender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.
Sankari Constituency Results by Year
| Year | Winner | Vote share | Runner-up | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |
Vetrivel. S
Male
ADMK
|
35.83% |
Senthilkumar. K
Male
TVK
|
31.92% |
| 2021 |
Sundararajan, S.
Male
ADMK
|
49.72% |
Rajesh, K.M.
Male
DMK
|
41.09% |
| 2016 |
Raja.S
Male
ADMK
|
44.57% |
Rajeswaran.T.K
Male
INC
|
27.25% |
| 2011 |
Vijayalakshmi
Female
AIADMK
|
57.07% |
Palanisamy.P Veerapandi S.Arumugam
Male
DMK
|
38.10% |
| 2006 |
Duraisamy.V.P
Male
DMK
|
— |
Shanthamani.S
Female
AIADMK
|
— |
| 2001 |
Dhanabal.P
Male
ADMK
|
56.41% |
Saravanan.T.R
Male
DMK
|
38.00% |
| 1996 |
Muthu, V
Male
DMK
|
54.43% |
Ramasamy, K.K
Male
ADMK
|
36.35% |
| 1991 |
Saroja V
Female
ADK
|
70.01% |
Varadarajan R
Male
DMK
|
23.99% |
| 1989 |
Varadarajan, R
Male
DMK
|
41.72% |
Dhanapal R
Male
ADK(JL)
|
34.15% |
| 1984 |
Dhanabal, P
Male
ADK
|
56.99% |
Murugesan, S
Male
DMK
|
40.98% |
| 1980 |
Dhanapal, P
Male
ADK
|
56.61% |
Varadarajan, R
Male
DMK
|
41.04% |
| 1977 |
P. Dhanapal
Male
ADK
|
53.27% |
M. Paramanandam
Male
DMK
|
19.10% |
| 1971 |
V. Muthur
Male
DMK
|
60.73% |
P.T. Seerangan
Male
NCO
|
38.14% |
| 1967 |
R. Nallamuthu
Male
DMK
|
61.70% |
A. Rajendran
Male
INC
|
35.19% |