Seat overview · Winners · All candidates
Palani #22GEN
Won
Senapathi Gounder A.
INC Indian National CongressMargin
2,60,142 38.7 pp
votes
over Kumarsamy K. (DMK)
The contest
Electors10,30,799
Votes polled6,71,622
Turnout65.2%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.18 L50.3% of electorate
Female electors5.13 L49.7% of electorate
Sex ratio
989females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Senapathi Gounder A. | INC | 4,45,897 | 66.40% | |
| 2 | Kumarsamy K. | DMK | 1,85,755 | 27.70% | |
| 3 | Nageswaran V. | TMM | 3,362 | 0.50% | |
| 4 | Naguvel P. | IND | 3,351 | 0.50% | |
| 5 | Solaiappan S. | IND | 1,915 | 0.30% | |
| 6 | Chinnachamy A.P. | IND | 1,591 | 0.20% | |
| 7 | Karuthapandian T.K. | IND | 1,543 | 0.20% | |
| 8 | Palanivel S. | IND | 1,091 | 0.20% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 27,117, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 644,505 · NOTA n/a · published 671,622 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1991
- Publisher
- Election Commission of India
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- 2026-09-12