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Tamil Nadu · Assembly Constituency 129 · 1980Reserved (SC)
Palani
Winner — 1980
PALANIVEL, N.
CPM 53.1%INC(I) 45.2%1 others 1.7%
Votes
41,874
53.1% share
Winning margin
6,228
7.9% of votes
Total candidates
3
Turnout
60.7%
of 1,29,839
A clear win with a 7.9% margin.
Seat history
All Candidates
3 total| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PALANIVEL, N. | 41,874 | 53.1% | |
| 2 | MANI, S. R. P. |  INC(I)AIADMK-Congress(I) Alliance (1980) | 35,646 | 45.2% |
| 3 | CHANDRAN, R. | JNP(JP) | 1,310 | 1.7% |
DL — deposit lost: the candidate polled under one-sixth of valid votes and forfeits their election deposit under RPA 1951 s.158.
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 (53rd), a comfortable margin, a two-to-three-way race.
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How safe is this seat?
SEAT
safe7.9%
MORE COMPETITIVESAFER
mean 19.7% · min 1.0% · max 59.0%
How contested is turnout?
SEAT
90%
lowerhigher
53rd of 234How crowded is the field?
SEAT
2.89
fewer partiesmore parties
209th of 234How much NOTA?
SEAT
0.3%
lowerhigher
161st of 234Where does the house stand?
SEAT
234 seats · 118 majority
How did the vote split?
SEAT
2.89EFFECTIVE PARTIES
CPM 53.1%INC(I) 45.2%OTH 1.7%
Who ran, on record?
SEAT
— NOT YET COMPUTEDA moderately populated district — less literate than the national rate.
Who lives here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Population
21,59,775
Density
358 / km²
Sex ratio
998 ♀/1000 ♂
Area
6,036 km²
SC population20.9%
ST population0.4%
What faith is practised here?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011 C-01
87%HINDU
Hindu 87.0%Christian 7.9%Other 5.1%
How developed is it?
DISTRICTCENSUS 2011
Tap water81.6%
Electricity88.8%
Sanitation33.3%
How healthy is it?
DISTRICTNFHS-5 · 2019-21
Institutional births97.0%
Children fully vaccinated92.6%
Children stunted (under 5)▼ LOWER IS BETTER27.1%
Children underweight (under 5)28.4%
Women anaemic (15-49)▼ LOWER IS BETTER42.6%
Women literate78.2%
Women married before 18▼ LOWER IS BETTER20.5%
Clean cooking fuel76.3%
Health insurance71.9%
What's nearby?
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Landmark data: Wikidata (CC0) · ASI (Government of India, official). Images: Wikimedia Commons (individual CC / public-domain licenses, see each file). Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.