Constituency
397. Palani
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1996
IN-PALANI
TMCM 57.4%won by 27.3%AIADMK 30.2%
What changed here
DerivedThe 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%
Candidates
21 contested · winner TMCM- 1KAARVENDHAN .S.KTMCM · TMCM4,05,78257.4%
- 2KUMARASAMY .PAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,13,14930.2%
- 3PONNIYIN SELVAN .VMarumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK65,4899.3%
- 4THIRUMALAISAMY .KBharatiya Janata Party · BJP8,8731.3%
- 5FRANCIS XAVIER .AIndependent · IND2,8290.4%
- 6MUTHURAJ .RIndependent · IND1,5920.2%
- 7BALASUBRAMANIAM .KIndependent · IND1,2800.2%
- 8MOHAMAD HUSSAIN .AIndependent · IND1,1360.2%
- 9KUMAR .CIndependent · IND1,0260.1%
- 10KARUPPUCHAMY .PIndependent · IND7320.1%
- 11KAILASAM .KIndependent · IND7200.1%
- 12MURUGAN .PIndependent · IND6180.1%
- 13CHINNASAMY .LIndependent · IND5350.1%
- 14BALASUBRAMANI .PIndependent · IND4800.1%
- 15MUNIAPPAN .MIndependent · IND4420.1%
- 16THANGAVEL .MIndependent · IND4110.1%
- 17THANGARAJ .VIndependent · IND3640.1%
- 18ABDUL KHALAAM AZAD .KIndependent · IND3390.0%
- 19CHANDRASEKARAN .SIndependent · IND3140.0%
- 20JOTHINANDHAKUMAR .R.NIndependent · IND2670.0%
- 21RAMARAJA .GIndependent · IND1750.0%
Since 1991
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- TMCMflipped
- TMCM–AIADMK swing
- +27.3%
- TMCM share
- 0.0% → 57.4%
- AIADMK share
- 0.0% → 30.2%
- Turnout
- 62.5% → 66.2%