GEN · Tamil Nadu
Palani
Ganeshamurthi A. (MDMK) won by 27,437 votes (4.5%).
- Electors
- 11,17,611
- Votes polled
- 6,26,656
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 56.1%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1998 national median: 4.5% (median 7.6%). Back to Tamil Nadu · 1998 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 | Ganeshamurthi A.Winner | MDMK | 2,86,300 | 47.1% |
| 2 | Kaarvendhan S.K. | TMC(M) | 2,58,863 | 42.6% |
| 3 | Venugopal K.S. | INC | 61,089 | 10.0% |
| 4 | Palanisamy N. | IND | 1,084 | 0.2% |
| 5 | Ponnusamy S. | IND | 714 | 0.1% |
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