Sankarapuram
R. Rakesh (ADMK) is the MLA for Sankarapuram.
ADMK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 R. Rakesh won with 34.1% of the vote, 3,440 votes ahead of T. Udhayasuriyan (DMK).
Sankarapuram is rarely named in the news our sources carry: 11 mentions since 1 June 2026. The charts below show the district's coverage, labelled as the district's.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Kallakurichi
- Area
- about 1,006 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 80.3%
- Seats sharing a border
- Attur · Chengam · Gangavalli · Harur · Kallakurichi · Rishivandiyam · Yercaud
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK R. Rakesh | 80,250 · 34.1% | DMK T. Udhayasuriyan | 76,810 · 32.6% | 3,440 (1.5 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK T. Udhayasuriyan | 121,186 · 56.2% | PMK Dr. G. Raja | 75,223 · 34.9% | 45,963 (21.3 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Udhayasuriyan.T | 90,920 · 44.7% | ADMK Mohan P | 76,392 · 37.6% | 14,528 (7.1 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK P. Mohan | 87,522 · 51.2% | DMK T. Udhayasuriyan | 75,324 · 44.1% | 12,198 (7.1 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Kallakurichi district: mentions per week
Busiest week: 7 September (28 mentions).
articlesvideosweek with a mention of Sankarapurampaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
Sankarapuram itself is named in 11 of the district's 223 mentions (4.9%). The seat is too small to chart alone, so this is the district's picture.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Kallakurichi district, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Kallakurichi district
Kallakurichi| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tirukkoyilur | ADMK | 0.1 | 0 |
| Ulundurpettai | DMK | 0.8 | 10 |
| Rishivandiyam | DMK | 2.0 | 0 |
| Sankarapuram | ADMK | 1.5 | 2 |
| Kallakurichi | TVK | 0.3 | 42† |
† Kallakurichi is also the district's name: its count includes news about the whole district.
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Sankarapuram
- அதிகாரிகள் புறக்கணிப்பதாக குற்றச்சாட்டு: சங்கராபுரம் அதிமுக எம்எல்ஏ தர்ணாTamil originalHindu Tamil Thisai
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.