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Madras · Assembly Constituency 126 · 1967Reserved (SC)

Palani

Winner — 1967

KRISHNAMOORTHY
DMK· DMK-led
DMK 64.2%INC 33.4%0 others 2.5%
Votes
47,671
65.8% share
Winning margin
22,891
31.6% of votes
Total candidates
2
Turnout
76.7%
of 96,821

Palani is a safe seat — KRISHNAMOORTHY won by 31.6%.

Seat history

All Candidates

2 total
#CandidatePartyVotesShare
1
KRISHNAMOORTHY
47,67164.2%
2
BALAKRISHNAN
24,78033.4%

Affidavit details — declared assets, criminal cases and education — aren't available for this seat yet. The results above are complete; only the candidate-affidavit layer is missing.

Average turnout (122nd), a comfortable margin, an essentially two-way race.

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How safe is this seat?

SEAT
safe
31.6%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 21.4% · min 9.9% · max 33.1%

How contested is turnout?

SEAT
77%
lowerhigher
122nd of 234

How crowded is the field?

SEAT
1.91
fewer partiesmore parties
230th of 234

How much NOTA?

SEAT
NOT REPORTED

Where does the house stand?

SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority

How did the vote split?

SEAT
1.91EFFECTIVE PARTIES
DMK 64.2%INC 33.4%

Who ran, on record?

SEAT
NOT YET COMPUTED

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