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Palani

Lok Sabha General Election 1996

1,067,963

Electors

706,553

Votes polled

66.16%

Turnout

192,633

Margin

Alliance
Votes
405,782
Vote share
57.43%
Margin
192,633
Rank Candidate Party Total Share
1 Kaarvendhan .S.K Won
Male
TMC(M) 405,782 57.43%
2 Kumarasamy .P
Male
ADMK 213,149 30.17%
3 Ponniyin Selvan .V
Male
MDMK 65,489 9.27%
4 Thirumalaisamy .K
Male
BJP 8,873 1.26%
5 Francis Xavier .A
Male
IND 2,829 0.40%
6 Muthuraj .R
Male
IND 1,592 0.23%
7 Balasubramaniam .K
Male
IND 1,280 0.18%
8 Mohamad Hussain .A
Male
IND 1,136 0.16%
9 Kumar .C
Male
IND 1,026 0.15%
10 Karuppuchamy .P
Male
IND 732 0.10%
11 Kailasam .K
Male
IND 720 0.10%
12 Murugan .P
Male
IND 618 0.09%
13 Chinnasamy .L
Male
IND 535 0.08%
14 Balasubramani .P
Male
IND 480 0.07%
15 Muniappan .M
Male
IND 442 0.06%
16 Thangavel .M
Male
IND 411 0.06%
17 Thangaraj .V
Male
IND 364 0.05%
18 Abdul Khalaam Azad .K
Male
IND 339 0.05%
19 Chandrasekaran .S
Male
IND 314 0.04%
20 Jothinandhakumar .R.N
Male
IND 267 0.04%
21 Ramaraja .G
Male
IND 175 0.02%

Party Wise Vote Share

Overall vote % (Pie)

Voter Participation by Gender

EVM voters — male vs female

Gender-wise turnout is not available for this constituency.

Palani Constituency Results by Year

Year Winner Vote share Runner-up Vote share
2004 Kharventhan, S. K.
Male
INC
64.55% Kishore Kumar. K
Male
ADMK
31.26%
1999 Kumarasamy, P.
Male
ADMK
44.78% Ganesha Murthi, A.
Male
MDMK
40.47%
1998 Ganeshamurthi A.
Male
MDMK
47.08% Kaarvendhan S.K.
Male
TMC(M)
42.57%
1996 Kaarvendhan .S.K
Male
TMC(M)
57.43% Kumarasamy .P
Male
ADMK
30.17%
1991 Senapathi Gounder A.
Male
INC
69.18% Kumarsamy K.
Male
DMK
28.82%
1989 Senapathi Gounder, A.
Male
INC
50.68% Rajkumar Mandradiar
Male
DMK
37.74%
1984 Senapathy Gounder A.
Male
INC
71.26% Velusamy S.R.
Male
TNC
25.16%
1980 Sanapathi Goundar A.
Male
INC(I)
53.41% Lakshimipathyraju P.S.K
Male
JnP
39.62%
1977 Subramaniam C.
Male
INC
71.70% Saminathan K.N.
Male
DMK
26.51%