Constituency
129. Palani
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 1989
TN-PALANI
CPM 33.2%won by 2.8%INC 30.5%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 2.8%.
- Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.7% between them, down from 99.0% — the field split more ways.
- Multi-cornered4 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
1,03,520
Margin
2,855
2.76%
Candidates
9 contested · winner CPM- 1N. PALANIVELCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM34,37933.2%
- 2B. PANNEERSELVAM ALIAS PANNIRUKAISELVANIndian National Congress · INC31,52430.5%
- 3RAJARAVIVARMA, B.ADKJL · ADKJL27,49026.6%
- 4B. RAMASAMYIndependent · IND8,2498.0%
- 5R. PALANICHAMYIndependent · IND4790.5%
- 6T. THANGAVELIndependent · IND4700.5%
- 7P. KULANDAIVELIndependent · IND4480.4%
- 8A. SUBRAMANIANIndependent · IND3480.3%
- 9K. PITCHAIMUTHUIndependent · IND1330.1%
Since 1984
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- CPMflipped
- CPM–INC swing
- +36.3%
- CPM share
- 32.7% → 33.2%
- INC share
- 66.3% → 30.5%
- Turnout
- — → —