Palani Vidhan Sabha Constituency

Palani is a Vidhan Sabha (Legislative Assembly) constituency of the State of Tamil Nadu in India.

Areas after delimitation order of 2008

Kodaikanal Taluk, Palani Taluk (Part) Ayyampalayam, Thathanaickenpatti (N), Sithraikulam, R.Vadipatti (North), Pappampatti, Velasamudram, Andipatti, Chinnammapatti, Reddiampadi, Kavalapatti, R. Vadipatti (South), Sitharevu, Thathanaickenpatti (S), Sukkamanaickenpatti, Pethanaickenpatti, AKalayamputhur, Neikarapatti, Chinnakalayamputhur, Iravimangalam, Periyammapatti, Thamaraikulam, Kalickanaickenpatti, Kothaimangalam, Pachalanaickenpatti, Kombaipatti, Palani, Sivagiripatti and Tattankulam villages. Palani (M), Balasamudram TP, Ayakudi TP and Niekarapatti TP.

General Election 2021

TOTAL ELECTORS: 277298, TURN OUT TOTAL: 205384 (74.07%)

CANDIDATE	SEX	AGE	CATEGORY	PARTY	VALID VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
1 SENTHIL KUMAR I.P	M	42	GEN	DMK	108566	52.86
2 RAVI MANOHARAN K	M	52	GEN	ADMK	78510	38.23
3 VINOTH RAJASEKARAN G	M	33	GEN	NTK	7656	3.73
4 POOVENDHAN T	M	60	GEN	MNM	3732	1.82
5 VEERAKUMAR V	M	46	GEN	AMMKMNKZ	2255	1.1
6 NOTA	NOTA			NOTA	1110	0.54
7 SIVABALA MOORTHI K	M	39	GEN	ABHM	601	0.29
8 SUDHA R B	F	32	SC	IND	522	0.25
9 SURESH M	M	42	GEN	IND	462	0.22
10 NACHIMUTHU S	M	44	SC	BSP	443	0.22
11 NAGENDRAN G	M	37	GEN	IND	310	0.15
12 SAMIAPPA GOUNDER P	M	78	GEN	IND	195	0.09
13 SHAHUL HAMEED	M	39	GEN	IND	149	0.07
14 SIDDIQ M	M	44	GEN	IND	110	0.05
15 LATHIKA	F	35	GEN	IND	106	0.05
16 PERIYADURAI M	M	35	SC	IND	95	0.05
17 ANANTHAN S. P	M	30	GEN	IND	92	0.04
18 THANGAVEL B	M	41	GEN	MIDP	77	0.04
19 MUNISHRAJA M	M	37	GEN	IND	73	0.04
20 PANDEESWARAN M	M	37	GEN	IND	68	0.03
21 RASULBEEVI SAHABUDEEN	F	41	GEN	IND	64	0.03
22 THANGAVEL A	M	52	SC	IND	58	0.03
23 KALIAPPAN K	M	53	GEN	IND	49	0.02
24 AZHAGUMALAI A	M	71	GEN	IND	43	0.02
25 KARUPPUSAMY P	M	51	SC	IND	38	0.02

General Election 2016

TOTAL ELECTORS : 257151, TURNOUT TOTAL: 197474 (76.79%)

CANDIDATE NAME	SEX	AGE	CATEGORY	PARTY	VALID VOTES POLLED	% VOTES POLLED
1 SENTHILKUMAR I P	M	37	GEN	DMK	100045	50.66
2 KUMARASAMY P	M	68	GEN	ADMK	74459	37.71
3 RAJAMANICKAM V	M	56	GEN	CPM	9687	4.91
4 KANAGARAJ N	M	36	GEN	BJP	4092	2.07
5 None of the Above				NOTA	1460	0.74
6 KYZER A	M	38	GEN	SDPI	1370	0.69
7 VINOTH RAJASEKARAN G	M	28	GEN	NTK	876	0.44
8 SIVAKUMAR T	M	29	GEN	IND	594	0.30
9 NAGENDRAN P	M	50	SC	BSP	587	0.30
10 MADURAI VEERAN K A	M	61	GEN	IND	580	0.29
11 MAHESWARAN P	M	46	GEN	IND	572	0.29
12 NAGARAJAN B	M	46	GEN	PMK	490	0.25
13 CHINNARAJ A	M	63	GEN	IND	445	0.23
14 MOHAMED JABBAR M	M	45	GEN	IND	348	0.18
15 SICKANDER K	M	26	GEN	IND	345	0.17
16 SIRAJDEEN N	M	26	GEN	IND	343	0.17
17 KRISHNAMOORTHI R	M	46	GEN	KMDK	224	0.11
18 KUMARESAN S	M	31	GEN	IND	192	0.10
19 SUNDARAM C	M	48	GEN	IND	184	0.09
20 MANOHARAN K	M	44	GEN	IND	152	0.08
21 RAVI PAUL G	M	49	GEN	ICF	124	0.06
22 THANGAPANDIYAN R	M	45	SC	IND	107	0.05
23 KAJA A	M	40	GEN	IND	103	0.05
24 MUTHU KARUPPANAN M	M	62	GEN	IND	95	0.05

2011 general election results

Candidate	Sex	Age	Category	Party	Votes polled	% Votes polled
1 VENUGOPALU. K.S.N,	M	60	GEN	AIADMK	82051	48.30
2 SENTHILKUMAR. I.P	M	33	GEN	DMK	80297	47.27
3 DEENADAYALAN,K	M	40	GEN	BJP	1745	1.03
4 VENGUDUSAMY.A,	M	38	GEN	IND	1442	0.85
5 SIVAKUMAR.R ,	M	31	GEN	IND	1066	0.63
6 JAYACHANDHERAN.P	M	42	GEN	LJP	884	0.52
7 THAYAR SULTHAN,K	M	46	GEN	BSP	547	0.32
8 SELVAKUMAR.R,	M	35	GEN	IND	433	0.25
9 LATHA.T	F	35	SC	IND	290	0.17
10 NAGETHINRAN. G.	M	27	GEN	IND	262	0.15
11 CHINNARAJ.K,	M	44	GEN	IND	251	0.15
12 ESWARAN.N	M	45	GEN	IND	224	0.13
13 KANNAN.A.C	M	31	GEN	IND	160	0.09
14 ANBARASAN.A	M	30	GEN	IND	151	0.09
15 ELANGOVAN. N.V	M	56	SC	IND	81	0.05

Election held before the delimitation order of 2008

This seat was reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC).

2006 assembly election results

1 . ANBALAKAN.M was DMK candiate. He polled 57181 votes.
2 . PREMA.S was AIADMK candidate. She polled 46272 votes.
3 . SUNDARAM P.K was DMDK candidate. He polled 11369 votes.
4 . CHINNAPPAN @ RAJENDRAN was BJP candidate. He polled 1651 votes.
5 . PERIASAMY. S was an independent candidate. He polled 1580 votes.
6 . VIJAYAKUMAR. S was BSP candidate. He polled 849 votes.
7 . SAMYKANNU.P was an independent candidate. He polled 478 votes.
8 . THUNDAIYAN.K was an independent candidate. He polled 418 votes.
9 . KUMAR.K was an independent candidate. He polled 319 votes.
10 . KUPPUSAMY.M was an independent candidate. He polled 269 votes.
TOTAL VALID VOTES POLLED: 120386