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Constituency

127. Palani

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Tamil Nadu · Tamil Nadu Assembly Election, 2016

TN-PALANI

DMK 50.7%won by 13.0%AIADMK 37.7%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), which now leads by 13.0%.

  • DMK vote shareDMK went from 47.3% to 50.7% of the vote here (+3.4%).
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.4% between them, down from 95.6% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout fell 4.2% to 76.8%.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.

Electorate
2,57,151
Turnout
76.8%
Valid votes
1,97,474
Margin
25,586
12.96%

Since 2011

Derived
Winner then
AIADMK
Winner now
DMKflipped
DMKAIADMK swing
+14.0%
DMK share
47.3% 50.7%
AIADMK share
48.3% 37.7%
Turnout
81.0% 76.8%