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397. Palani

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Tamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996

IN-PALANI

TMCM 57.4%won by 27.3%AIADMK 30.2%

What changed here

Derived

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to TMCM (TMCM), which now leads by 27.3%.

  • TMCM vote shareTMCM went from 0.0% to 57.4% of the vote here (+57.4%).
  • New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 30.2% — it did not contest here in 1991.
  • Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.6% between them, down from 98.0% — the field split more ways.
  • TurnoutTurnout rose 3.6% to 66.2%.

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

Electorate
10,67,963
Turnout
66.2%
Valid votes
7,06,553
Margin
1,92,633
27.26%

Since 1991

Derived
Winner then
INC
Winner now
TMCMflipped
TMCMAIADMK swing
+27.3%
TMCM share
0.0% 57.4%
AIADMK share
0.0% 30.2%
Turnout
62.5% 66.2%