Constituency
397. Palani
Community mirrorTamil Nadu · India Lok Sabha Election, 2004
IN-PALANI
INC 64.5%won by 33.3%AIADMK 31.3%
What changed here
DerivedThe seat changed hands: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 33.3%.
- INC vote shareINC went from 0.0% to 64.5% of the vote here (+64.5%).
- Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.8% of the vote between them, up from 85.3% — a tighter two-way contest.
- TurnoutTurnout rose 6.5% to 63.9%.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
10,88,931
Turnout
63.9%
Valid votes
6,95,442
Margin
2,31,493
33.29%
Candidates
11 contested · winner INC- 1KHARVENTHAN, S. K.Indian National Congress · INC4,48,90064.5%
- 2KISHORE KUMAR. KAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam · AIADMK2,17,40731.3%
- 3JEYAPRAKASH. PIndependent · IND11,3371.6%
- 4SUBRAMANIYAM. TBahujan Samaj Party · BSP5,5540.8%
- 5PARAMESHVARAN. SIndependent · IND3,5240.5%
- 6SOUNDARARAJAN. V SJanahitha Paksha · JP2,6050.4%
- 7ABDUL HAKKEEM. AIndependent · IND1,4400.2%
- 8NAGALINGAM. SIndependent · IND1,4110.2%
- 9THANGAPANDI. RIndependent · IND1,1380.2%
- 10KARUNAGARAN. IIndependent · IND1,0780.2%
- 11CHINNASAMY. RIndependent · IND1,0480.2%
Since 1999
Derived- Winner then
- AIADMK
- Winner now
- INCflipped
- INC–AIADMK swing
- +78.1%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 64.5%
- AIADMK share
- 44.8% → 31.3%
- Turnout
- 57.4% → 63.9%