GEN · Tamil Nadu
Palani
Senapathy Gounder A. (INC) won by 2,64,028 votes (46.1%).
- Electors
- 8,10,013
- Votes polled
- 6,02,796
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 74.4%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1984 national median: 46.1% (median 17.9%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1984 national · Target seats
Seat health
Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.
Safe (20%+)Flipped vs 1999
- Margin · 2004
- 33.3%(+29.0%)
- Turnout
- 63.7%(+4.8%)
- NOTA
- 0.0%
- Top-2 squeeze
- 95.8%
Winning margin over time · Palani
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senapathy Gounder A.Winner | INC | 4,08,104 | 71.3% |
| 2 | Velusamy S.R. | TNC | 1,44,076 | 25.2% |
| 3 | Arumugam M. | IND | 10,649 | 1.9% |
| 4 | Mariappa Gounder V.S. | IND | 9,864 | 1.7% |
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