Palani Assembly constituency

10.45°N 77.52°E / 10.45; 77.52

Palani
Constituency No. 127 for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Dindigul
Lok Sabha constituency	Dindigul
Established	1951
Total electors	2,77,214[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Incumbent I. P. Senthil Kumar
Party	DMK
Elected year	2021

Palani is a state assembly constituency in Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu.^[2] Its State Assembly Constituency number is 127. It comes under Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Madras State

Year	Winner	Party
1952	M. P. Mangala Gounder		Independent
1957	Lakshmipathiraj		Indian National Congress
1962	Venkidasamy Gounder		Independent
1967	Krishnamoorthy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tamil Nadu

Year	Winner	Party
1971	C. Palanisamy		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1977	N. Palanivel		Communist Party of India
1980
1984	A. S. Ponnammal		Indian National Congress
1989	N. Palanivel		Communist Party of India
1991	A. Subburathinam		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
1996	T. Poovendhan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2001	M. Chinnasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2006	M. Anbalakan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2011	K. S. N. Venugopalu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2016	I. P. Senthil Kumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2021

Election results

Vote share of winning candidates

2021			52.86%
2016			50.66%
2011			48.30%
2006			47.50%
2001			55.65%
1996			57.87%
1991			68.14%
1989			33.21%
1984			66.27%
1980			53.12%
1977			34.53%
1971			55.79%
1967			65.80%
1962			46.32%
1957			52.58%
1952			60.55%

2021

2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. P. Senthil Kumar	108,566	52.86%	+2.2
	AIADMK	K. Ravi Manoharan	78,510	38.23%	+0.52
	NTK	G. Vinoth Rajasekaran	7,656	3.73%	+3.28
	MNM	T. Poovendhan	3,732	1.82%	New
	AMMK	V. Veerakumar	2,255	1.10%	New
	NOTA	NOTA	1,110	0.54%	−0.2
Margin of victory			30,056	14.63%	1.68%
Turnout			205,384	74.09%	−2.70%
Rejected ballots			117	0.06%
Registered electors			277,214
	DMK hold		Swing	2.20%

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I. P. Senthil Kumar	100,045	50.66%	+3.4
	AIADMK	P. Kumarasamy	74,459	37.71%	−10.59
	CPI(M)	V. Rajamanickam	9,687	4.91%	New
	BJP	N. Kanagaraj	4,092	2.07%	+1.05
	NOTA	NOTA	1,460	0.74%	New
	SDPI	A. Kyzer	1,370	0.69%	New
Margin of victory			25,586	12.96%	11.92%
Turnout			197,474	76.79%	−4.17%
Registered electors			257,151
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	2.36%

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	K. S. N. Venugopalu	82,051	48.30%	+9.86
	DMK	I. P. Senthil Kumar	80,297	47.27%	−0.23
	BJP	K. Deenadayalan	1,745	1.03%	−0.34
	Independent	A. Vengudusamy	1,442	0.85%	New
	Independent	R. Sivakumar	1,066	0.63%	New
	LJP	P. Jayachandheran	884	0.52%	New
Margin of victory			1,754	1.03%	−8.03%
Turnout			209,823	80.97%	6.12%
Registered electors			169,884
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	0.80%

2006

2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	M. Anbalakan	57,181	47.50%	+9.77
	AIADMK	S. Prema	46,272	38.44%	−17.21
	DMDK	P. K. Sundaram	11,369	9.44%	New
	BJP	Chinnappan @ Rajendran	1,651	1.37%	New
	Independent	S. Periasamy	1,580	1.31%	New
	BSP	S. Vijayakumar	849	0.71%	New
Margin of victory			10,909	9.06%	−8.86%
Turnout			120,386	74.84%	13.98%
Registered electors			160,854
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-8.15%

2001

2001 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	M. Chinnasamy	63,611	55.65%	+28.86
	DMK	T. Poovendhan	43,124	37.73%	−20.15
	MDMK	P. M. Marimuthu	3,985	3.49%	New
	Independent	S. Renganathan	1,916	1.68%	New
Margin of victory			20,487	17.92%	−13.17%
Turnout			114,311	60.86%	−7.19%
Registered electors			187,939
	AIADMK gain from DMK		Swing	-2.23%

1996

1996 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	T. Poovendhan	68,246	57.87%	New
	AIADMK	P. Karuppuchamy	31,586	26.79%	−41.35
	CPI(M)	A. Nagarajan	9,849	8.35%	−21.25
	Independent	A. Eswaran	3,582	3.04%	New
	BJP	P. Baskaran	3,261	2.77%	New
	PMK	K. Chinnaraj	677	0.57%	New
Margin of victory			36,660	31.09%	−7.44%
Turnout			117,924	68.05%	8.21%
Registered electors			180,735
	DMK gain from AIADMK		Swing	-10.26%

1991

1991 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	A. Subburathinam	70,404	68.14%	+41.58
	CPI(M)	V. Balasekar	30,591	29.61%	−3.6
	PMK	D. Dhayalan	2,011	1.95%	New
Margin of victory			39,813	38.53%	35.77%
Turnout			103,326	59.84%	−10.25%
Registered electors			181,002
	AIADMK gain from CPI(M)		Swing	34.93%

1989

1989 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	N. Palanivel	34,379	33.21%	+0.48
	INC	B. Panneerselvam Alias Pannirukaiselvan	31,524	30.45%	−35.81
	AIADMK	B. Rajaravivarma	27,490	26.56%	New
	Independent	B. Ramasamy	8,249	7.97%	New
Margin of victory			2,855	2.76%	−30.78%
Turnout			103,520	70.09%	−3.52%
Registered electors			150,829
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	-33.06%

1984

1984 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. S. Ponnammal	62,344	66.27%	+21.05
	CPI(M)	N. Palanivel	30,794	32.73%	−20.39
	INC(J)	M. Umathurai	942	1.00%	New
Margin of victory			31,550	33.54%	25.63%
Turnout			94,080	73.62%	12.05%
Registered electors			133,723
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	13.15%

1980

1980 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	N. Palanivel	41,874	53.12%	+18.59
	INC	S. R. P. Mani	35,646	45.22%	+16.26
	JP	R. Chandran	1,310	1.66%	New
Margin of victory			6,228	7.90%	2.33%
Turnout			78,830	61.57%	5.65%
Registered electors			129,839
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	18.59%

1977

1977 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	N. Palanivel	23,810	34.53%	+25.56
	INC	S. R. P. Mani	19,966	28.96%	−6.29
	DMK	K. Krishna Moorthy	17,012	24.67%	−31.12
	JP	I. Bathrakali	7,662	11.11%	New
	Independent	A. S. Poonamanial	504	0.73%	New
Margin of victory			3,844	5.57%	−14.97%
Turnout			68,954	55.92%	−13.42%
Registered electors			125,061
	CPI(M) gain from DMK		Swing	-21.26%

1971

1971 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	C. Palanisamy	38,919	55.79%	−10.01
	INC	R. Subramanian	24,589	35.25%	+1.04
	CPI(M)	N. Palanivel	6,256	8.97%	New
Margin of victory			14,330	20.54%	−11.05%
Turnout			69,764	69.34%	−7.40%
Registered electors			104,497
	DMK hold		Swing	-10.01%

1967

1967 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	Krishnamoorthy	47,671	65.80%	New
	INC	Balakrishnan	24,780	34.20%	−0.14
Margin of victory			22,891	31.60%	19.62%
Turnout			72,451	76.74%	−0.99%
Registered electors			96,821
	DMK gain from Independent		Swing	19.48%

1962

1962 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Venkidusamy Gounder	29,908	46.32%	New
	INC	Lakshmipathi Raju	22,174	34.34%	−18.24
	CPI	Rama Raj	11,868	18.38%	New
	Independent	Thannasi Alias Palaniappa Gounder	620	0.96%	New
Margin of victory			7,734	11.98%	6.82%
Turnout			64,570	77.72%	22.54%
Registered electors			86,709
	Independent gain from INC		Swing	-6.26%

1957

1957 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. S. K. Lakshmipathy Raju	24,772	52.58%	+27.08
	Independent	Venkitasami Gounder	22,342	47.42%	New
Margin of victory			2,430	5.16%	−29.89%
Turnout			47,114	55.18%	−9.39%
Registered electors			85,382
	INC gain from Independent		Swing	-7.97%

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palani^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	M. P. Mangala Gounder	25,700	60.55%	New
	INC	P. S. K. Lakshmipathi Raju	10,823	25.50%	New
	CPI	R. Ramaraj	5,922	13.95%	New
Margin of victory			14,877	35.05%
Turnout			42,445	64.57%
Registered electors			65,739
	Independent win (new seat)