GEN · Tamil Nadu
Palani
Poovendhan, T. (DMK) won by 36,660 votes (31.1%).
- Electors
- 1,80,735
- Votes polled
- 1,23,176
- Valid votes
- —
- Turnout
- 68.2%
- NOTA
- 0
Margin vs 1996 state median: 31.1% (median 25.4%). Back to Tamil Nadu 1996 · All years
Candidates
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poovendhan, T.Winner | DMK | 68,246 | 57.9% |
| 2 | Karuppuchamy, P. | ADMK | 31,586 | 26.8% |
| 3 | Nagarajan, A. | CPM | 9,849 | 8.4% |
| 4 | Eswaran, A. | IND | 3,582 | 3.0% |
| 5 | Baskaran, P. | BJP | 3,261 | 2.8% |
| 6 | Chinnaraj, K. | PMK | 677 | 0.6% |
| 7 | Manimaran, M. | JP | 336 | 0.3% |
| 8 | Paraman, M. | IND | 131 | 0.1% |
| 9 | Thirumalaisamy, K. | IND | 115 | 0.1% |
| 10 | Annadurai, P. | IND | 78 | 0.1% |
| 11 | Alagarsamy, M. | IND | 63 | 0.1% |
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