Ravimanoharan. K of ADMK won the Palani Assembly constituency (Dindigul district, Madurai Region) in the Tamil Nadu 2026 election, taking 32.11% of 208,619 votes cast. The winning margin over Dr. Praveen Kumar. M (TVK) was 693 votes, or 0.33 percentage points. The seat flipped from DMK to ADMK since 2021.
ADMK
Winning party
32.11%
Winner vote share
693
Margin (0.33%)
DMK → ADMK
2021 → 2026 winner
Full candidate results, Palani 2026
| # | Candidate | Party | Votes | Vote % |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravimanoharan. K Winner | ADMK | 66,986 | 32.11% |
| 2 | Dr. Praveen Kumar. M 2nd | TVK | 66,293 | 31.78% |
| 3 | Pandi. N | CPI(M) | 65,534 | 31.41% |
| 4 | Murugeswari. B | NTK | 6,300 | 3.02% |
| 5 | Nota | NOTA | 750 | 0.36% |
| 6 | Nachimuthu. S | Bahujan Samaj Party | 585 | 0.28% |
| 7 | Jayakumar. T | IND | 520 | 0.25% |
| 8 | Praveenkumar. R | IND | 283 | 0.14% |
| 9 | Ramamoorthi. G | Rashtriya Samaj Dal (R) | 273 | 0.13% |
| 10 | Ashokkumar. G | IND | 254 | 0.12% |
| 11 | Balachandran. M | IND | 214 | 0.1% |
| 12 | Madheswari. R | IND | 178 | 0.09% |
| 13 | Vaykkaldurai. K | Puthiya Tamilagam | 151 | 0.07% |
| 14 | Thannasiappan. P | IND | 136 | 0.07% |
| 15 | Thirumalaisamy. B | IND | 92 | 0.04% |
| 16 | Anbarasu. R | IND | 70 | 0.03% |
How Palani compares to 2021
| Year | Winning candidate | Party | Vote share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | SENTHIL KUMAR I.P | DMK | 52.86% |
| 2026 | RAVIMANOHARAN. K | ADMK | 32.11% |
The seat changed hands, a swing of -20.75 percentage points in the winning vote share.
This page is part of the full Tamil Nadu 2026 election results set. Explore every seat, party efficiency, regional swing and demographics in the TN 2026 Explorer. For the wider story, see TVK’s debut mapped, the incumbents who lost, and how DMK collapsed.