Palani Lok Sabha constituency

Palani
Palani
Former Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Tamil Nadu
Established	1977
Abolished	2008
Reservation	None

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Palani was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.^[1] In 2009, after delimitation and redistricting exercise of 2008, Palani constituency was abolished and has become a part of Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency) and Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Year	Duration	Winner
Sixth	1977-80	C. Subramaniam	Indian National Congress
Seventh	1980-84	A. Senapathi Gounder	Indian National Congress
Eighth	1984-89	A. Senapathi Gounder	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1989-91	A. Senapathi Gounder	Indian National Congress
Ninth	1991-92	A. Senapathi Gounder	Indian National Congress
Tenth	1992-96	Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Eleventh	1996-98	S.K. Kharventhan	Tamil Maanila Congress
Twelfth	1998-99	A. Ganeshamurthi	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Thirteenth	1999-04	Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Fourteenth	2004- 2009	S.K. Kharventhan	Indian National Congress
Abolished

Vote share of Winning candidates

2004			64.50%
1999			43.6%
1998			45.7%
1996			55.2%
1993			42.4%
1991			66.4%
1989			50.1%
1984			67.7%
1980			52.3%
1977			70.0%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. K. Kharventhan	448,900	64.55%
	AIADMK	K. Kishore Kumar	2,17,407	31.26%	−13.52%
	Independent	P. Jeyaprakash	11,337	1.63%
	BSP	T. Subramaniyam	5,554	0.80%
	Independent	S. Parameshvaran	3,524	0.51%
Margin of victory			2,31,493	33.29%	28.97%
Turnout			6,95,442	63.86%	4.98%
Registered electors			10,88,931		−6.10%
	INC gain from AIADMK		Swing	19.76%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	P. Kumarasamy	297,850	44.78%	14.62%
	MDMK	A. Ganeshamurthi	2,69,133	40.47%	31.20%
	TMC(M)	S. K. Kharventhan	85,407	12.84%
	Independent	M. Dharamalingam	5,046	0.76%
	Independent	K. M. Natarajan	3,550	0.53%
Margin of victory			28,717	4.32%	−0.19%
Turnout			6,65,079	58.88%	−10.01%
Registered electors			11,59,677		3.76%
	AIADMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-12.65%

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	MDMK	A. Ganeshamurthi	286,300	47.08%
	TMC(M)	S. K. Kharventhan	2,58,863	42.57%
	INC	K. S. Venugopal	61,089	10.05%
Margin of victory			27,437	4.51%	−22.75%
Turnout			6,08,050	56.07%	−12.82%
Registered electors			11,17,611		4.65%
	MDMK gain from TMC(M)		Swing	-10.35%

Assembly segments

1996 Indian general election : Palani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	TMC(M)	S. K. Kharventhan	405,782	57.43%
	AIADMK	Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy	2,13,149	30.17%
	MDMK	Ponniyin selvan	65,489	9.27%
	BJP	K. Thirumalaisamy	8,873	1.26%
Margin of victory			1,92,633	27.26%	−13.10%
Turnout			7,06,553	68.89%	3.74%
Registered electors			10,67,963		3.61%
	TMC(M) gain from INC		Swing	-11.75%

1991 Indian general election : Palani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Senapathi Gounder	445,897	69.18%	18.50%
	DMK	K. Kumarsamy	1,85,755	28.82%	−8.92%
	THMM	V. Nageswaran	3,362	0.52%
	Independent	P. Naguvel	3,351	0.52%
Margin of victory			2,60,142	40.36%	27.42%
Turnout			6,44,505	65.16%	3.99%
Registered electors			10,30,799		−0.31%
	INC hold		Swing	18.50%

1989 Indian general election : Palani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Senapathi Gounder	316,938	50.68%	−20.58%
	DMK	Rajkumar Mandradiar	2,36,025	37.74%
	Independent	Usha Rajandhar	38,275	6.12%
	Independent	A. Senapathi Gounder	4,729	0.76%
Margin of victory			80,913	12.94%	−33.16%
Turnout			6,25,332	61.17%	−13.25%
Registered electors			10,33,981		27.65%
	INC hold		Swing	-20.58%

1984 Indian general election : Palani
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Senapathi Gounder	408,104	71.26%
	TNC(K)	S. R. Velusamy	1,44,076	25.16%
	Independent	M. Arumugam	10,649	1.86%
	Independent	V. S. Mariappa Gounder	9,864	1.72%
Margin of victory			2,64,028	46.10%	32.31%
Turnout			5,72,693	74.42%	16.62%
Registered electors			8,10,013		6.22%
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	17.85%