Constituency
376. Palani
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1991
IN-PALANI
INC 69.2%won by 40.4%DMK 28.8%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.9% to 40.4%.
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 88.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 2.0% to 62.5%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,30,799
Turnout
62.5%
Valid votes
6,44,505
Margin
2,60,142
40.36%
Candidates
8 contested · winner INC- 1SENAPATHI GOUNDER A.Indian National Congress · INC4,45,89769.2%
- 2KUMARSAMY K.Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · DMK1,85,75528.8%
- 3NAGESWARAN V.TMM · TMM3,3620.5%
- 4NAGUVEL P.Independent · IND3,3510.5%
- 5SOLAIAPPAN S.Independent · IND1,9150.3%
- 6CHINNACHAMY A.P.Independent · IND1,5910.2%
- 7KARUTHAPANDIAN T.K.Independent · IND1,5430.2%
- 8PALANIVEL S.Independent · IND1,0910.2%
Since 1989
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–DMK swing
- +27.4%
- INC share
- 50.7% → 69.2%
- DMK share
- 37.7% → 28.8%
- Turnout
- 60.5% → 62.5%