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State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Palani
Total Votes Polled: 735759
Winner: TMC(M) Kaarvendhan S K 405782
Runner Up: ADMK Kumarasamy P 213149
Margin: 192633 (27.26%)

In 1977, the Congress MP from here was C Subramaniam. From the next election till 1991, Senapathi Gounder retained the seat for the Congress. In 1996, S K Kaarvendhan (TMC) defeated the AIADMK's P Kumarasamy by 192,000 votes.

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