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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


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1989


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1980


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1971


1967


1962


References

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