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Assembly constituency 87 · Tamil Nadu

Sankari is assembly constituency number 87 in Tamil Nadu, in Salem district, and one of the segments of the Namakkal Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election Vetrivel. S of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam won with 35.8% of the vote, 9,517 votes ahead of Senthilkumar. K (TVK).

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Sankari · 2026AC 87
  1. 01
    Vetrivel. S
    AIADMK
    87,342
    35.83%
  2. 02
    Senthilkumar. K
    TVK
    77,825
    31.92%
  3. 03
    Manikandan. M
    DMK
    65,716
    26.96%
  4. 04
    Nithya. A
    NTK
    7,534
    3.09%
  5. 05
    Dr. Gurunathan. S
    IDMK
    1,009
    0.41%
  6. 15 other candidates · 3,642 votesNOTA · 711 (0.29%)

Margin 9,517 votes · 3.90% of valid votes

2,60,590
Registered electors
2026 election
93.6%
Turnout
+9.0 pts vs 2021
9,517
Victory margin
3.9% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 20 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 2,43,779 valid votes, NOTA included.

Sankari 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vetrivel. SMale · 54 yrsAIADMK87,342
35.83%
2Senthilkumar. KMale · 44 yrsTVK77,825
31.92%
3Manikandan. MMale · 37 yrsDMK65,716
26.96%
4Nithya. AFemale · 36 yrsNTK7,534
3.09%
5Dr. Gurunathan. SMale · 55 yrs · SCIDMK1,009
0.41%
—NOTANOTA711
0.29%
6Paramasivam. RMale · 40 yrsIndependent473
0.19%
7Settumuthu. VMale · 54 yrs · SCBSP398
0.16%
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8Manikandan. DMale · 32 yrsIndependent395
0.16%
9Mayilkumar. MMale · 45 yrsIndependent340
0.14%
10Vignesh. AMale · 36 yrsIndependent289
0.12%
11Senthilkumar. R.S.Male · 49 yrstavk287
0.12%
12Poovarasan. SMale · 29 yrsIndependent268
0.11%
13Durairaj. CMale · 69 yrs · SCIndependent260
0.11%
14Vijayakumar. MMale · 45 yrsIndependent244
0.10%
15Salman. EMale · 32 yrsIndependent147
0.06%
16Sakthivel. DMale · 33 yrsIndependent140
0.06%
17Manikandan. PMale · 30 yrsIndependent136
0.06%
18Ranjith Kumar. VMale · 33 yrsIndependent96
0.04%
19Sakthivel. GMale · 42 yrsIndependent86
0.04%
20Rameshkumar. VMale · 43 yrsIndependent83
0.03%
Past results

ADMK held the seat: it also won in 2021.

0%20%40%60%2011201620212026AIADMK 35.8%TVK 31.9%DMK 27.0%NTK 3.1%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026Vetrivel. SAIADMK · 35.8% · margin 9,517Turnout93.6%
2021Sundararajan, S.AIADMK · 49.7% · margin 20,045Turnout84.7%
2016Raja.sAIADMK · 44.6% · margin 37,374Turnout84.1%
2011Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy.pAIADMK · 57.1% · margin 35,079Turnout86.2%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Sankari result 2021

Sankari 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Sundararajan, S.AIADMK1,15,472
49.72%
2Rajesh, K.M.DMK95,427
41.09%
3Shobana, S.NTK10,862
4.68%
4Sengodan, K.MNM3,175
1.37%
5Chellamuthu, A.AMMK1,471
0.63%
—NOTANOTA1,469
0.63%
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6Bakkiyamani, M.Independent847
0.36%
7Sivalingam, C.TMTHK814
0.35%
8Palaniyappan, M.Independent525
0.23%
9Prabhu, K.Independent481
0.21%
10Manivel, P.Independent278
0.12%
11Durairaj, C.Independent211
0.09%
12Ravikumar, P.GPI200
0.09%
13Gopalakrishnan, S.Independent166
0.07%
14Arokiasami, A.Independent135
0.06%
15Jagannathan, M.Independent119
0.05%
16Jaganathan, I.Independent99
0.04%
17Sengoten, R.Independent97
0.04%
18Settu, K.MIDP96
0.04%
19Gunasekaran, M.Independent95
0.04%
20Sathishkumar, V.Independent89
0.04%
21Vijayakumar, P.Independent55
0.02%
22Vengadachalam, T.Independent33
0.01%
23Viji @ Vijayan, K.Independent31
0.01%

Sankari result 2016

Sankari 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Raja.sAIADMK96,202
44.57%
2Rajeswaran.t.kINC58,828
27.25%
3Kannan.pPMK37,927
17.57%
4Selvakumar.kTMC(M)5,633
2.61%
5Saravanan.kKMDK5,091
2.36%
6Murugesan.a.cBJP3,184
1.48%
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—NOTANOTA2,934
1.36%
7Janaki.vNTK1,521
0.70%
8Muthusamy.aIndependent1,110
0.51%
9Balamurugan.sIndependent889
0.41%
10Tharani Selvan.aIndependent726
0.34%
11Kathirvel.aIndependent581
0.27%
12Tamilselvi.vIndependent494
0.23%
13Ayyanar.cIndependent259
0.12%
14Govindan.mIndependent256
0.12%
15Murthy Kamarajar.mYSP228
0.11%

Sankari result 2011

Sankari 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Vijayalakshmi Palanisamy.pAIADMK1,05,502
57.07%
2Veerapandi S.arumugamDMK70,423
38.10%
3Boopathy.mIndependent1,194
0.65%
4Natarajan.pBJP1,127
0.61%
5Venkadachalam.s.k.Independent1,103
0.60%
6Mohankumar.mIJK1,095
0.59%
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7Pushparaj.kIndependent851
0.46%
8Sana Ullakhan.bBSP844
0.46%
9Sakthivel.sIndependent551
0.30%
10Saravanan.kIndependent537
0.29%
11Madhu.mIndependent509
0.28%
12Elango.mIndependent403
0.22%
13Dineshkumar.cIndependent383
0.21%
14Chandran.mIndependent337
0.18%
Map

Sankari outlined in orange among the other Tamil Nadu seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Salem district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Sankari is one of the assembly segments of Namakkal. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Namakkal candidates.

  • Tamilmani SAIADMK88,358 40.5%
  • Matheswaran V SDMK84,924 39.0%
  • Dr Ramalingam K PBJP22,285 10.2%
  • Kanimozhi GNTK16,295 7.5%
  • Deepan Chakkravarthi SIndependent416 0.2%

In the assembly election ADMK won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, ADMK led here by 3,434 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Sankari.

Who won the Sankari assembly seat in 2026?

Vetrivel. S of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) won Sankari in the 2026 Tamil Nadu assembly election with 87,342 votes, which was 35.83% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Sankari?

The margin was 9,517 votes (3.90% of valid votes). The runner-up was Senthilkumar. K of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam with 77,825 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Sankari in 2026?

Turnout was 93.64%: 2,44,023 of 2,60,590 registered electors voted, across 340 polling stations. That is 9.0 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Sankari part of?

Sankari is an assembly segment of the Namakkal Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Tamilmani S got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Sankari a reserved constituency?

No. Sankari is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Sankari?

The Tamil Nadu assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Tamil Nadu assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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