Palacode Assembly constituency

Palacode or Palacodu is a state assembly constituency in Dharmapuri district in Tamil Nadu, India.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 57. It comprises a portion of Palacode taluk and is a part of Dharmapuri Lok Sabha constituency for national elections to the Parliament of India.^[3] It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Elections and winners in the constituency are listed below.

Palacode
Constituency No. 57 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dharmapuri
Lok Sabha constituency	Dharmapuri
Established	1967
Total electors	2,37,391[1]
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. P. Anbalagan
Party	AIADMK
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

Year	Winner	Party
1971	M. V. Karivengadam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	B. M. Krishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1980	M. B. Munusamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1984	P. Theertharaman		Indian National Congress
1989	K. Madhapan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(Jayalalithaa)
1991	M. G. Sekhar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	G. L. Venkatachalam		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	K. P. Anbalagan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	K. P. Anbalagan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	K. P. Anbalagan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	K. P. Anbalagan[4]		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021	K. P. Anbalagan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates
2021			53.63%
2016			40.34%
2011			60.72%
2006			44.21%
2001			62.38%
1996			49.74%
1991			62.17%
1989			38.77%
1984			65.93%
1980			52.36%
1977			32.87%
1971			52.84%
1967			50.05%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Anbalagan	110,070	53.63%	+13.29
	DMK	P. K. Murugan	81,970	39.94%	+2.77
	NTK	G. Kalaiselvi	7,704	3.75%	+3.49
	DMDK	P. Vijayasankar	2,409	1.17%	−1.43
	NOTA	NOTA	1,351	0.66%	−0.34
	MNM	D. Rajasekar	1,176	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			28,100	13.69%	10.52%
Turnout			205,244	86.46%	−2.11%
Rejected ballots			342	0.17%
Registered electors			237,391
	AIADMK hold		Swing	13.29%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Anbalagan	76,143	40.34%	−20.38
	DMK	P. K. Murugan	70,160	37.17%	New
	PMK	K. Mannan	31,612	16.75%	−16.32
	DMDK	K. G. Kaverivarman	4,915	2.60%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,880	1.00%	New
Margin of victory			5,983	3.17%	−24.49%
Turnout			188,767	88.57%	1.85%
Registered electors			213,136
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-20.38%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Anbalagan	94,877	60.72%	+16.51
	PMK	V. Selvam	51,664	33.06%	−7.93
	Independent	K. Harinath	2,449	1.57%	New
	BJP	K. P. Kumaradevan	1,937	1.24%	+0.46
	Independent	M. Ramasamy	1,101	0.70%	New
	IJK	M. Kalaichelvan	874	0.56%	New
Margin of victory			43,213	27.65%	24.44%
Turnout			180,193	86.72%	9.86%
Registered electors			156,258
	AIADMK hold		Swing	16.51%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Anbalagan	66,711	44.21%	−18.17
	PMK	K. Mannan	61,867	41.00%	New
	DMDK	P. Vijayashankar	11,882	7.87%	New
	Independent	P. Rajagopal	2,612	1.73%	New
	Independent	P. Ravishankar	2,356	1.56%	New
	Independent	M. Maran	1,700	1.13%	New
	Independent	S. Mathivanan	1,418	0.94%	New
	BJP	D. Rameshkumar	1,181	0.78%	New
Margin of victory			4,844	3.21%	−30.13%
Turnout			150,902	76.86%	17.24%
Registered electors			196,330
	AIADMK hold		Swing	-18.17%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. P. Anbalagan	75,284	62.38%	+31.93
	DMK	G. L. Venkatachalam	35,052	29.04%	−20.7
	MDMK	G. V. Madhiyan	4,648	3.85%	−1.66
	Independent	Prakash N	2,781	2.30%	New
	LJP	Vijaya Kumar M	1,169	0.97%	New
	Independent	A. Anwarbasha	1,113	0.92%	New
	Independent	R. Chandrasekar	638	0.53%	New
Margin of victory			40,232	33.34%	14.04%
Turnout			120,685	59.62%	−7.76%
Registered electors			202,427
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	12.64%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	G. L. Venkatachalam	56,917	49.74%	New
	AIADMK	C. Gopal	34,844	30.45%	−31.72
	PMK	K. Mannan	13,909	12.16%	New
	MDMK	G. V. Madhaiyan	6,307	5.51%	New
	BJP	P. Muthuraj	944	0.83%	−0.19
Margin of victory			22,073	19.29%	−19.35%
Turnout			114,419	67.38%	1.21%
Registered electors			181,729
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-12.43%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. G. Sekhar	63,170	62.17%	+23.4
	JD	K. Arunachalam	23,911	23.53%	New
	PMK	K. Mannan	12,423	12.23%	New
	BJP	P. V. Shivasankaran	1,027	1.01%	New
	Independent	Saminathan	749	0.74%	New
Margin of victory			39,259	38.64%	33.94%
Turnout			101,609	66.17%	−1.66%
Registered electors			161,704
	AIADMK hold		Swing	23.40%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. Madhapan	37,168	38.77%	New
	DMK	T. Chandrasekar	32,668	34.08%	+3.12
	INC	P. Theertharaman	16,440	17.15%	−48.78
	AIADMK	D. M. Nagarajan	7,430	7.75%	New
	Independent	A. Chinnasamy	671	0.70%	New
Margin of victory			4,500	4.69%	−30.27%
Turnout			95,857	67.83%	−2.03%
Registered electors			145,254
	AIADMK gain from INC		Swing	-27.16%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. Theertharaman	55,459	65.93%	+19.13
	DMK	M. B. Munusamigounder	26,045	30.96%	New
	Independent	P. Balaraman	2,131	2.53%	New
	Independent	P. Govindasamy	482	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			29,414	34.97%	29.42%
Turnout			84,117	69.86%	3.23%
Registered electors			125,689
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	13.57%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. B. Munusamy	38,999	52.36%	+19.48
	INC	R. Balasubhrmaniam	34,864	46.81%	+34.43
	JP	P. Krishnan	624	0.84%	New
Margin of victory			4,135	5.55%	−0.82%
Turnout			74,487	66.63%	0.46%
Registered electors			113,628
	AIADMK hold		Swing	19.48%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	B. M. Krishnan	21,959	32.87%	New
	JP	K. T. Govindan	17,701	26.50%	New
	DMK	B. M. Munisamy Gounder	17,507	26.21%	−26.63
	INC	M. D. Narayanaswamy	8,266	12.37%	−34.79
	Independent	K. M. Saminathan	1,364	2.04%	New
Margin of victory			4,258	6.37%	0.70%
Turnout			66,797	66.17%	0.88%
Registered electors			102,568
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-19.96%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. V. Karivengadam	32,378	52.84%	+8.08
	INC	B. K. Narashiman	28,901	47.16%	−2.89
Margin of victory			3,477	5.67%	0.37%
Turnout			61,279	65.28%	−3.23%
Registered electors			102,286
	DMK gain from INC		Swing	2.78%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palacode^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Murugesan	29,186	50.05%	New
	DMK	M. B. Munusamy	26,096	44.75%	New
	Independent	K. K. Gounder	1,135	1.95%	New
	Independent	P. Nanjappan	996	1.71%	New
	Independent	S. A. Pandit	897	1.54%	New
Margin of victory			3,090	5.30%
Turnout			58,310	68.52%
Registered electors			88,883
	INC win (new seat)