Palani Lok Sabha Election Result

Palani is a parliamentary constituency in Tamil Nadu. Election results of Palani lok sabha seat is given below in a table that also lists all MPs from this seat. Click election year in the table, for more detailed result.

List of all MP from Palani Lok Sabha Seat ( Tamil Nadu) Click on Year to View Detailed Result
Year	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
2004	Kharventhan, S K	INC	448900
1999	Kumarasamy, P	ADMK	297850
1998	Ganeshamurthi A	MDMK	286300
1996	Kaarvendhan S K	TMC(M)	405782
1991	Senapathi Gounder A	INC	445897
1989	Senapathi Gounder, A	INC	316938
1984	Senapathy Gounder A	INC	408104
1980	Sanapathi Goundar A	INC(I)	230733
1977	Subramaniam C	INC	351897

2004 Parliamentary Constituency Election
S N	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Kharventhan, S K Male 56 yr GEN	INC Indian National Congress	448900
2	Kishore Kumar K Male 43 yr GEN	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	217407
3	Jeyaprakash P Male 44 yr SC	IND Independent	11337
4	Subramaniyam T Male 47 yr GEN	BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	5554
5	Parameshvaran S Male 36 yr GEN	IND Independent	3524
6	Soundararajan V S Male 45 yr GEN	JP Janata Party	2605
7	Abdul Hakkeem A Male 33 yr GEN	IND Independent	1440
8	Nagalingam S Male 38 yr SC	IND Independent	1411
9	Thangapandi R Male 33 yr SC	IND Independent	1138
10	Karunagaran I Male 30 yr SC	IND Independent	1078
11	Chinnasamy R Male 37 yr SC	IND Independent	1048
	Total		695442 0%

In 2004, Palani parliamentary constituency had total electors. Total number of valid vote was 695442. Indian National Congress candidate Kharventhan, S K won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 448900 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Kishore Kumar K stood second with total 217407 votes. He lost by 231493 votes.

1999 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Kumarasamy, P Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	297850 44.78%
2	Ganesha Murthi, A Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	269133 40.47%
3	Kaarvendhan, S K Male	TMC(M) Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar)	85407 12.84%
4	Dharamalingam, M Male	IND Independent	5046 0.76%
5	Natarajan, K M Male	IND Independent	3550 0.53%
6	Murugesan, K L Male	TDK Tamil Desiyak Katchi	971 0.15%
7	Balasubramani, M Male	IND Independent	934 0.14%
8	Rathinasamy, C Male	IND Independent	676 0.1%
9	Kumarasamy, S P Male	INGP Indian National Green Party	594 0.09%
10	Archunan, K Male	IND Independent	468 0.07%
11	Palanisamy, K C Male	SHS Shivsena	450 0.07%
	Total		665079 58.88%

In 1999, Palani parliamentary constituency had total 1159677 electors. Total number of valid vote was 665079. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Kumarasamy, P won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 297850 votes. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Ganesha Murthi, A stood second with total 269133 votes. He lost by 28717 votes.

1998 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Ganeshamurthi A Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	286300 47.08%
2	Kaarvendhan S K Male	TMC(M) Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar)	258863 42.57%
3	Venugopal K S Male	INC Indian National Congress	61089 10.05%
4	Palanisamy N Male	IND Independent	1084 0.18%
5	Ponnusamy S Male	IND Independent	714 0.12%
	Total		608050 56.07%

In 1998, Palani parliamentary constituency had total 1117611 electors. Total number of valid vote was 608050. Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Ganeshamurthi A won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 286300 votes. Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar) candidate Kaarvendhan S K stood second with total 258863 votes. He lost by 27437 votes.

1996 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Kaarvendhan S K Male	TMC(M) Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar)	405782 57.43%
2	Kumarasamy P Male	ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	213149 30.17%
3	Ponniyin Selvan V Male	MDMK Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	65489 9.27%
4	Thirumalaisamy K Male	BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	8873 1.26%
5	Francis Xavier A Male	IND Independent	2829 0.4%
6	Muthuraj R Male	IND Independent	1592 0.23%
7	Balasubramaniam K Male	IND Independent	1280 0.18%
8	Mohamad Hussain A Male	IND Independent	1136 0.16%
9	Kumar C Male	IND Independent	1026 0.15%
10	Karuppuchamy P Male	IND Independent	732 0.1%
11	Kailasam K Male	IND Independent	720 0.1%
12	Murugan P Male	IND Independent	618 0.09%
13	Chinnasamy L Male	IND Independent	535 0.08%
14	Balasubramani P Male	IND Independent	480 0.07%
15	Muniappan M Male	IND Independent	442 0.06%
16	Thangavel M Male	IND Independent	411 0.06%
17	Thangaraj V Male	IND Independent	364 0.05%
18	Abdul Khalaam Azad K Male	IND Independent	339 0.05%
19	Chandrasekaran S Male	IND Independent	314 0.04%
20	Jothinandhakumar R N Male	IND Independent	267 0.04%
21	Ramaraja G Male	IND Independent	175 0.02%
	Total		706553 68.89%

In 1996, Palani parliamentary constituency had total 1067963 electors. Total number of valid vote was 706553. Tamil Maanila Congress (moopanar) candidate Kaarvendhan S K won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 405782 votes. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Kumarasamy P stood second with total 213149 votes. He lost by 192633 votes.

1991 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Senapathi Gounder A Male	INC Indian National Congress	445897 69.18%
2	Kumarsamy K Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	185755 28.82%
3	Nageswaran V Male	TMM Tharasu Makkal Mandram	3362 0.52%
4	Naguvel P Male	IND Independent	3351 0.52%
5	Solaiappan S Male	IND Independent	1915 0.3%
6	Chinnachamy A P Male	IND Independent	1591 0.25%
7	Karuthapandian T K Male	IND Independent	1543 0.24%
8	Palanivel S Male	IND Independent	1091 0.17%
	Total		644505 65.16%

In 1991, Palani parliamentary constituency had total 1030799 electors. Total number of valid vote was 644505. Indian National Congress candidate Senapathi Gounder A won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 445897 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Kumarsamy K stood second with total 185755 votes. He lost by 260142 votes.

1989 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Senapathi Gounder, A Male	INC Indian National Congress	316938 50.68%
2	Rajkumar Mandradiar Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	236025 37.74%
3	Usha Rajandhar Female	IND Independent	38275 6.12%
4	Senapathy Gounder Male	IND Independent	4729 0.76%
5	Triuvengadam, G Male	IND Independent	2025 0.32%
6	Rajendran, G Male	IND Independent	1703 0.27%
7	Naaguvel, P Male	IND Independent	1588 0.25%
8	Savarimuthu, S A Male	JNP (jp) Janata Pary (jp)	1561 0.25%
9	Jeyaraj, K M Male	IND Independent	1509 0.24%
10	Thagamuthu, C Male	IND Independent	1260 0.2%
11	Mohan, S S R Male	IND Independent	1151 0.18%
12	Ponnaiah, K Male	PMK Pattali Makkal Katchi	1129 0.18%
13	Rajakrishnan, K Male	IND Independent	971 0.16%
14	Kumarasamy, S P Male	IND Independent	909 0.15%
15	Chelladurai, P Male	IND Independent	902 0.14%
16	Palanisamy Male	IND Independent	836 0.13%
17	Francis Xavier Male	IND Independent	825 0.13%
18	Pariasamy, T Male	IND Independent	772 0.12%
19	Rengaswamy, K Male	IND Independent	666 0.11%
20	Selvan Nadar, P Male	IND Independent	619 0.1%
21	Nageswaran,v Male	TMM Tharasu Makkal Mandaram	604 0.1%
22	Sundra Rajan, D Male	IND Independent	600 0.1%
23	Punithavathi Kumaravelu, K Female	IND Independent	587 0.09%
24	Krishnasamy Gounder, P Male	IND Independent	541 0.09%
25	Karthikeya, P M Male	IND Independent	525 0.08%
26	Pandi, P Male	IND Independent	522 0.08%
27	Palanisamy, M Male	IND Independent	518 0.08%
28	Gajini Mohamed, A R Male	IND Independent	491 0.08%
29	Karuthapandian, T K Male	IND Independent	463 0.07%
30	Saminathan M Male	IND Independent	457 0.07%
31	Kilanmakkarur Girdathi, Anandar Male	IND Independent	434 0.07%
32	Nahoor Meeran Peermohamed, U Male	IND Independent	408 0.07%
33	Ramasamy, A Male	IND Independent	405 0.06%
34	Chakarvarthy Pandiyar, A Male	IND Independent	399 0.06%
35	Perumal, A Male	IND Independent	367 0.06%
36	Marikannu, Durai Male	IND Independent	342 0.05%
37	Palanichamy, K Male	IND Independent	318 0.05%
38	Palanichamy U Male	IND Independent	316 0.05%
39	Rengasamy, T L Male	IND Independent	275 0.04%
40	Chinnaswamy, A P Male	IND Independent	268 0.04%
41	Mugilan M Male	IND Independent	266 0.04%
42	Kuppusamy, S P Male	IND Independent	265 0.04%
43	Jothikrishnan, M R Male	IND Independent	244 0.04%
44	Perumal, K Male	IND Independent	218 0.03%
45	Appanaicker, M Male	IND Independent	211 0.03%
46	Gurusamy, R Male	IND Independent	206 0.03%
47	Kangavel, S Male	IND Independent	163 0.03%
48	Veerappa Gounder, V T R Male	IND Independent	151 0.02%
49	Kumari Jaganathan, J Female	IND Independent	144 0.02%
50	Manmathan, M Male	IND Independent	118 0.02%
51	Verasingam, A Male	IND Independent	113 0.02%
	Total		625332 61.17%

In 1989, Palani parliamentary constituency had total 1033981 electors. Total number of valid vote was 625332. Indian National Congress candidate Senapathi Gounder, A won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 316938 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Rajkumar Mandradiar stood second with total 236025 votes. He lost by 80913 votes.

1984 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Senapathy Gounder A Male	INC Indian National Congress	408104 71.26%
2	Velusamy S R Male	TNC Tamil Nadu Congress (k)	144076 25.16%
3	Arumugam M Male	IND Independent	10649 1.86%
4	Mariappa Gounder V S Male	IND Independent	9864 1.72%
	Total		572693 74.42%

In 1984, Palani parliamentary constituency had total 810013 electors. Total number of valid vote was 572693. Indian National Congress candidate Senapathy Gounder A won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 408104 votes. Tamil Nadu Congress (k) candidate Velusamy S R stood second with total 144076 votes. He lost by 264028 votes.

1980 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Sanapathi Goundar A Male	INC(I) Indian National Congress (i)	230733 53.41%
2	Lakshimipathyraju P S K Male	JNP Janta Party	171165 39.62%
3	Karvendan K Male	IND Independents	21925 5.08%
4	Jhon Peeter S A Male	IND Independents	6067 1.4%
5	Appan K K Male	IND Independents	2107 0.49%
	Total		431997 57.8%

In 1980, Palani parliamentary constituency had total 762601 electors. Total number of valid vote was 431997. Indian National Congress (i) candidate Sanapathi Goundar A won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 230733 votes. Janta Party candidate Lakshimipathyraju P S K stood second with total 171165 votes. He lost by 59568 votes.

1977 Lok Sabha Election
Sr No	Candidate	Party	Total Vote
1	Subramaniam C Male	INC Indian National Congress	351897 71.7%
2	Saminathan K N Male	DMK Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	130129 26.51%
3	Lingaswamy Gounder K N Male	IND Independents	8778 1.79%
	Total		490804 68.16%

In 1977, Palani parliamentary constituency had total 738018 electors. Total number of valid vote was 490804. Indian National Congress candidate Subramaniam C won and became MP from this seat. He secured total 351897 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate Saminathan K N stood second with total 130129 votes. He lost by 221768 votes.