Constituency
397. Palani
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 1998
IN-PALANI
MDMK 47.1%won by 4.5%TMCM 42.6%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: TMCM (TMCM) lost it to Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), which now leads by 4.5%.
- MDMK vote shareMDMK went from 9.3% to 47.1% of the vote here (+37.8%).
- TurnoutTurnout fell 11.8% to 54.4%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
11,17,611
Turnout
54.4%
Valid votes
6,08,050
Margin
27,437
4.51%
Candidates
5 contested · winner MDMK- 1GANESHAMURTHI A.Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · MDMK2,86,30047.1%
- 2KAARVENDHAN S.K.TMCM · TMCM2,58,86342.6%
- 3VENUGOPAL K.S.Indian National Congress · INC61,08910.0%
- 4PALANISAMY N.Independent · IND1,0840.2%
- 5PONNUSAMY S.Independent · IND7140.1%
Since 1996
Derived- Winner then
- TMCM
- Winner now
- MDMKflipped
- MDMK–TMCM swing
- +52.7%
- MDMK share
- 9.3% → 47.1%
- TMCM share
- 57.4% → 42.6%
- Turnout
- 66.2% → 54.4%