Constituency
129. Palani
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1984
TN-PALANI
INC 66.3%won by 33.5%CPM 32.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 33.5%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 45.2% to 66.3% of the vote here (+21.0%).
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
94,080
Margin
31,550
33.54%
Candidates
3 contested · winner INC- 1A.S. PONNAMMALIndian National Congress · INC62,34466.3%
- 2N. PALANIVELCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM30,79432.7%
- 3M.UMATHURAIICJ · ICJ9421.0%
Since 1980
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–CPM swing
- +41.4%
- INC share
- 45.2% → 66.3%
- CPM share
- 53.1% → 32.7%
- Turnout
- — → —