Vetrivel. S of ADMK won the Sankari Assembly constituency (Salem district, Kongu (West)) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 35.83% of 243,779 votes cast. The winning margin over Senthilkumar. K (TVK) was 9,517 votes, or 3.9 percentage points. ADMK held the seat it won here in 2021.
ADMK
Winning party
35.83%
Winner vote share
9,517
Margin (3.9%)
ADMK → ADMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Sankari 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vetrivel. S Winner | ADMK | 87,342 | 35.83% |
| 2 | Senthilkumar. K 2nd | TVK | 77,825 | 31.92% |
| 3 | Manikandan. M | DMK | 65,716 | 26.96% |
| 4 | Nithya. A | NTK | 7,534 | 3.09% |
| 5 | Dr. Gurunathan. S | Indhu Dravida Makkal Katchi | 1,009 | 0.41% |
| 6 | Nota | NOTA | 711 | 0.29% |
| 7 | Paramasivam. R | IND | 473 | 0.19% |
| 8 | Settumuthu. V | Bahujan Samaj Party | 398 | 0.16% |
| 9 | Manikandan. D | IND | 395 | 0.16% |
| 10 | Mayilkumar. M | IND | 340 | 0.14% |
| 11 | Vignesh. A | IND | 289 | 0.12% |
| 12 | Senthilkumar. R.S. | Tamizhaga Vaazhvurimai Katchi | 287 | 0.12% |
| 13 | Poovarasan. S | IND | 268 | 0.11% |
| 14 | Durairaj. C | IND | 260 | 0.11% |
| 15 | Vijayakumar. M | IND | 244 | 0.1% |
| 16 | Salman. E | IND | 147 | 0.06% |
| 17 | Sakthivel. D | IND | 140 | 0.06% |
| 18 | Manikandan. P | IND | 136 | 0.06% |
| 19 | Ranjith Kumar. V | IND | 96 | 0.04% |
| 20 | Sakthivel. G | IND | 86 | 0.04% |
| 21 | Rameshkumar. V | IND | 83 | 0.03% |
How Sankari compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SUNDARARAJAN, S. | ADMK | 49.72% |
| 2026 | VETRIVEL. S | ADMK | 35.83% |
The same party retained the seat, a swing of -13.89 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.