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Palani #22GEN
Won
Kumarasamy, P.
AIADM All India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamMargin
28,717 4.2 pp
votes
over Ganesha Murthi, A. (MDMK)
The contest
Electors11,59,677
Votes polled6,82,853
Turnout58.9%
NOTA
did not exist
NOTA was introduced in 2013
Male electors5.8 L50.0% of electorate
Female electors5.8 L50.0% of electorate
Sex ratio
999females per 1,000 males
Poll datenot digitised
polling dates are sparse before 2005
Candidates
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kumarasamy, P. | AIADM | 2,97,850 | 43.60% | |
| 2 | Ganesha Murthi, A. | MDMK | 2,69,133 | 39.40% | |
| 3 | Kaarvendhan, S.K. | TMCM | 85,407 | 12.50% | |
| 4 | Dharamalingam, M. | IND | 5,046 | 0.70% | |
| 5 | Natarajan, K.M. | IND | 3,550 | 0.50% | |
| 6 | Murugesan, K.L. | TDK | 971 | 0.10% | |
| 7 | Balasubramani, M. | IND | 934 | 0.10% | |
| 8 | Rathinasamy, C. | IND | 676 | 0.10% | |
| 9 | Kumarasamy, S.P. | INGP | 594 | 0.10% | |
| 10 | Archunan, K. | IND | 468 | 0.10% | |
| 11 | Palanisamy, K.C. | SS | 450 | 0.10% |
Reconciliation
Candidate votes do not account for the published total. Closest residual is 17,774, whether NOTA is counted inside the total or outside it.
candidates 665,079 · NOTA n/a · published 682,853 · neither convention holds
Reconciliation failed
Constituency-wise results, Lok Sabha 1999
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- 2026-09-12