Rakesh R of ADMK won the Sankarapuram Assembly constituency (Viluppuram district, Northeast Coast) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 34.07% of 235,528 votes cast. The winning margin over Udhayasuriyan T (DMK) was 3,440 votes, or 1.46 percentage points. The seat flipped from DMK to ADMK since 2021.

ADMK
Winning party
34.07%
Winner vote share
3,440
Margin (1.46%)
DMK → ADMK
2021 → 2026 winner

Full candidate results, Sankarapuram 2026

#CandidatePartyVotesVote %
1Rakesh R WinnerADMK80,250
2Udhayasuriyan T 2ndDMK76,810
3Jagadesan ATVK67,624
4Ramesh KNTK5,567
5Ramachandiran MTamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi677
6Manikandan PIND579
7Sudha MBahujan Samaj Party544
8Mayilamparai Mari AIND512
9Vijay JIND409
10NotaNOTA383
11Pachaiyappan KIND351
12Nadarajan KAll India Puratchi Thalaivar Makkal Munnettra Kazhagam328
13Durai Ezhilan PIND295
14Gangasekar AMAKKAL SAKTHI KATCHI223
15Mani GIND166
16Dr.Murugu KIND113
17Samikkannu MIND112
18Jayaprakash KIND111
19Anbazhagan SIND105
20Sanniyasi NVeerath Thiyagi Viswanathadoss Thozhilalarkal Katchi100
21Kavikuil VIND97
22Harun Rasheeth JIND87
23Vignesh RIND85

How Sankarapuram compares to 2021

YearWinning candidatePartyVote share
2021UDHAYASURIYAN TDMK56.16%
2026RAKESH RADMK34.07%

The seat changed hands, a swing of -22.09 percentage points in the winning vote share.

This page is part of the full Tamil Nadu 2026 election results set. Explore every seat, party efficiency, regional swing and demographics in the TN 2026 Explorer. For the wider story, see TVK’s debut mapped, the incumbents who lost, and how DMK collapsed.