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Constituency result · Vidhan Sabha · 2016

Palani

Assembly constituency 127 (GEN) · Tamil Nadu

State boardTamil Nadu 2016

[01]Result · 2016

#127 · GEN
Poll date16 May 2016
Contestants23
Electors2,57,546
Votes polled1,96,014
Turnout76.1%
NOTA1,4600.6% of votes
WinnerSenthilkumar I PDravida Munnetra Kazhagam1,00,04551.0% of votes
MARGIN25,586 votes · 13.1 pp1,00,045 − 74,459
Runner-upKumarasamy P All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam74,45938.0% of votes
DMK 57.3% of top-two votesAIADMK 42.7%

All candidates 23

  1. 01 Senthilkumar I PDMK1,00,045 51.0%
  2. 02 Kumarasamy PAIADMK74,459 38.0%
  3. 03 Rajamanickam VCPI(M)9,687 4.9%
  4. 04 Kanagaraj NBJP4,092 2.1%
  5. 05 Kyzer ASDPI1,370 0.7%
  6. 06 Vinoth Rajasekaran GNTK876 0.5%
  7. 07 Sivakumar TIND594 0.3%
  8. 08 Nagendran PBSP587 0.3%
  9. 09 Madurai Veeran K AIND580 0.3%
  10. 10 Maheswaran PIND572 0.3%
  11. 11 Nagarajan BPMK490 0.3%
  12. 12 Chinnaraj AIND445 0.2%
  13. 13 Mohamed Jabbar MIND348 0.2%
  14. 14 Sickander KIND345 0.2%
  15. 15 Sirajdeen NIND343 0.2%
  16. 16 Krishnamoorthi RKMDK224 0.1%
  17. 17 Kumaresan SIND192 0.1%
  18. 18 Sundaram CIND184 0.1%
  19. 19 Manoharan KIND152 0.1%
  20. 20 Ravi Paul GICF124 0.1%
  21. 21 Thangapandiyan RIND107 0.1%
  22. 22 Kaja AIND103 0.1%
  23. 23 Muthu Karuppanan MIND95 0.1%

Turnout 76.1%

025507510076.1%TURNOUT◦ state median 76.5%
Male 1.28 lakh49.7% Female 1.29 lakh50.3%

Share of 2,57,546 electors

  • Sex ratiofemales per 1,000 males1,011
  • NOTAreported alongside the total1,460 · 0.6%
  • State median turnoutmedian of 232 seats, 201676.5%
  • ReconciliationΣ 23 candidates = 1,96,014Verified

Seat history 2026–1962

  1. 2026
    0.3 pp
    Ravimanoharan. KAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  2. 2021
    14.7 pp
    Senthil Kumar I.PDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  3. 2016
    13.1 pp
    Senthilkumar I PDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  4. 2011
    1.0 pp
    Venugopalu. K.S.N,All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  5. 2006
    4.8 pp
    Gopalan.BIndian National Congress
  6. 2001
    30.4 pp
    Raju H.MIndian National Congress
  7. 1996
    45.1 pp
    T. GundanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  8. 1991
    28.7 pp
    Raju H.M.Indian National Congress
  9. 1989
    0.8 pp
    Raju H.M.Indian National Congress
  10. 1984
    26.6 pp
    Kallan K.Indian National Congress
  11. 1980
    14.3 pp
    Kallan, K.Indian National Congress
  12. 1977
    0.2 pp
    B. GopalanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  13. 1971
    14.4 pp
    AnbucheliyanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  14. 1967
    9.7 pp
    M. MethaDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  15. 1962
    4.3 pp
    R. RengaswamyIndian National Congress

Winning margin in percentage points; bars scaled to the widest, 45.1 pp.

[02]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. The top two polled 89.0% of votes; the other 21 candidates 11.0% between them.

    (1,00,045 + 74,459) ÷ 1,96,014 = 89.0% · 21,510 ÷ 1,96,014 = 11.0%

  2. Turnout of 76.1% was 0.4 pp below the state's median seat (76.5%).

    76.1 − 76.5 = −0.4

  3. The margin widened from 1.0 pp in 2011 to 13.1 pp.

    13.1 − 1.0 = +12.1 pp

  4. The seat changed hands: AIADMK in 2011, DMK in 2016.

    2011 AIADMK · 2016 DMK

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[03]Reconciliation

Verified
  • Candidate votesΣ 23 candidate lines1,96,014
  • NOTAreported alongside the total1,460
  • Published totalVotes polled1,96,014
  • Checkcandidates = total, NOTA outside itHolds

Candidate votes equal the published total. NOTA is reported alongside it.

Contest resultElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Vidhan Sabha 2016 · Tamil Nadu · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Candidates23 candidate lines from the same results · reconciliation: Verified

State median turnoutComputed from 232 seats on the Tamil Nadu Vidhan Sabha 2016 board · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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