Palani (state assembly constituency)

10.45°N 77.52°E / 10.45; 77.52

Palani is a state assembly constituency in Dindigul district in Tamil Nadu.

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 (Marxist)
1980	N. Palanivel		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1984	A. S. Ponnammal		Indian National Congress
1989	N. Palanivel		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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	I.P.Senthil Kumar		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Election Results

2016

2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DMK	I.P.Senthil Kumar	1,00,045	50.66
	AIADMK	Kumarasamy P	74,459	37.71
	CPI (M)	Rajamanickam V	9,687	4.91	+4.91
	BJP	Kanagaraj N	4,092	2.07
	NOTA	None of the above	1,460	0.74
Margin of victory			25,586	12.95
Turnout			1,97,661	76.87
	DMK hold		Swing

2011

2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election: Palani

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AIADMK	Venugopalu K S N	82,051	48.30
	DMK	Senthilkumar I P	80,297	47.27
	BJP	K Deenadayalan	1,745	1.03
	IND	Vengudusamy A	1,442	0.85
	IND	Sivakumar R	1,066	0.63
Margin of victory			1,754	1.03
Turnout			1,69,994	81.02
	DMK hold		Swing

References

• "Statistical reports of assembly elections". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 5 October 2010. Retrieved 8 July 2010.