Sankarapuram is a
state assembly constituency in
Kallakurichi district
Kallakurichi is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India. The district headquarter is Kallakurichi. Kallakurichi District was announced on 8 January 2019 and it came into existence on 26 November 2019.
History
During Ancient ...
of
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is the southernmost States and union territories of India, state of India. The List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of Indi ...
, India. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 79. It comprises portions of
Sankarapuram
Sankarapuram is a census town panchayat of Sivaganga district in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. This census town is located in southwestern Karaikudi on national highway NH536. Currently the town panchayat has 15 wards with two villa ...
,
Chinnasalem and
Kallakkurichi taluks. It is a part of
Kallakurichi Lok Sabha constituency
Kallakurichi Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in Tamil Nadu state in southern India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 14. This constituency came into existence following the implementation of de ...
for national elections to the
Parliament of India
The Parliament of India (ISO 15919, ISO: ) is the supreme legislative body of the Government of India, Government of the Republic of India. It is a bicameralism, bicameral legislature composed of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok ...
. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.
Demographics
Vanniyar
The Vanniyar, formerly known as the Palli, are a community or '' jāti'' found in the northern part of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
The Vanniyars were historically considered a lower caste, although some were peasant-warriors in the 14th ...
,
Paraiyar
Paraiyar, Parayar or Maraiyar (formerly anglicised as Pariah and Paree) is a caste group found in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala and in Sri Lanka.
Etymology
Robert Caldwell, a nineteenth-century missionary and grammarian who w ...
and
Sengundhar Kaikola Mudaliar were majority in this constituency. Telugu Naidu, Udayar, Chettiyar and other religious minorities constitute the secondary population.
Members of Legislative Assembly
Madras State
Tamil Nadu
Election results
2021
2016
2011
2006
2001
1996
1991
1989
1984
1980
1977
1971
1967
1962
References
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Assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu
Viluppuram district
Politics of Tamil Nadu
Constituencies established in 1962
1962 establishments in Madras State