Constituency
129. Palani
Community mirrorTamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2001
TN-PALANI
AIADMK 55.6%won by 17.9%DMK 37.7%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) lost it to All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which now leads by 17.9%.
- AIADMK vote shareAIADMK went from 26.8% to 55.6% of the vote here (+28.9%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.4% of the vote between them, up from 84.7% — a tighter two-way 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
1,14,311
Margin
20,487
17.92%
Candidates
10 contested · winner AIADMK- 1CHINNASAMY .MAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK63,61155.6%
- 2POOVENDHAN .TDravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK43,12437.7%
- 3MARIMUTHU .P.MMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK3,9853.5%
- 4RENGANATHAN. SIndependent · IND1,9161.7%
- 5MUTHUSAMY .PIndependent · IND5360.5%
- 6NALLATHAMBI .NIndependent · IND3610.3%
- 7MARUTHAKALI.MIndependent · IND2170.2%
- 8THANNASIMUTHU .MIndependent · IND2030.2%
- 9DURAIARASAN .KIndependent · IND1930.2%
- 10MAYILRAVANAN.PIndependent · IND1650.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- DMK
- Winner now
- AIADMKflipped
- AIADMK–DMK swing
- +49.0%
- AIADMK share
- 26.8% → 55.6%
- DMK share
- 57.9% → 37.7%
- Turnout
- — → —