Palani
K. Ravimanoharan (ADMK) is the MLA for Palani.
ADMK took the seat from DMK in 2026.
In 2026 K. Ravimanoharan won with 32.1% of the vote, 693 votes ahead of M. Praveen Kumar (TVK).
In the last 30 days Palani was named in 101 mentions from 8 outlets.
- Lok Sabha seat
- Dindigul
- Area
- about 1,481 km² (from the boundary)
- Turnout 2021
- 74.1%
- Seats sharing a border
- Athoor · Bodinayakanur · Madathukulam · Nilakottai · Oddanchatram · Periyakulam
Election results
| Election | Winner | Votes | Runner-up | Votes | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ADMK K. Ravimanoharan | 66,986 · 32.1% | TVK M. Praveen Kumar | 66,293 · 31.8% | 693 (0.3 pts) |
| 2021 | DMK I. P. Senthil Kumar | 108,566 · 52.9% | ADMK K. Ravi Manoharan | 78,510 · 38.2% | 30,056 (14.6 pts) |
| 2016 | DMK Senthilkumar I P | 100,045 · 50.7% | ADMK Kumarasamy P | 74,459 · 37.7% | 25,586 (12.9 pts) |
| 2011 | ADMK K. S. N. Venugopalu | 82,051 · 48.3% | DMK I. P. Senthil Kumar | 80,297 · 47.3% | 1,754 (1.0 pts) |
officialcompiled2026: Election Commission of India. 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia, checked against its own totals.
Attention in the news
Palani: mentions per week
Busiest week: 13 July (265 mentions).
articlesvideospaler bar: a week our collection did not fully cover
753 mentions of Palani since 1 June 2026 from 27 outlets.
observedCounted weekly in our archive, which starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026.
Issues and parties in the news
Palani, last 30 days: topics named in the same items
Parties: named in the news, and votes at the polls
Attention follows the week's news; votes follow the seat.
observedofficialTopics and parties: counted in our archive over the last 30 days. Votes: the 2026 election record.
Seats in Dindigul district
Dindigul| Seat | 2026 winner | Lead (points) | Mentions, 30 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palani | ADMK | 0.3 | 101 |
| Oddanchatram | DMK | 21.5 | 2 |
| Athoor | DMK | 9.4 | 3 |
| Nilakottai | TVK | 1.5 | 2 |
| Natham | ADMK | 5.0 | 0 |
| Dindigul | DMK | 0.5 | 115† |
| Vedasandur | DMK | 4.5 | 4 |
† Dindigul is also the district's name: its count includes news about the whole district.
officialobservedWinners and leads: election records. Mentions: counted in our archive, 30 days.
Latest
Headlines that name Palani
- CB-CID arrests two more in Palani temple property fraud caseThe Hindu National
- பழனி அரசு பள்ளி குடிநீர் தொட்டியில் மனிதக் கழிவு.. மூடிமறைத்த நிர்வாகம்? விஜய், வன்னி அரசு எங்கே?Tamil originalOneindia Tamil
Sources and method
- Election results, 2026: Election Commission of India (results.eci.gov.in), retrieved 2026-09-28.
- Election results, 2011, 2016, 2021: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), citing the Election Commission of India, retrieved 2026-10-09. Check applied: the lead equals winner minus runner-up votes and the printed shares agree (702 of 702 seat results passed, 5 corrected from the source's printed totals).
- Vacancies and by-elections: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Boundary: DataMeet (CC BY 2.5 India). Approximate; drawn for orientation, not an official map.
- Mentions are counted in our archive: articles and videos that name the place in the headline (a seat also counts for its district), by the same rules as the Trends pages. The archive starts 1 June 2026; articles are counted from 8 June 2026; earlier months are not in our store.
- official = the Election Commission's own record · compiled = a secondary source, checked against its own totals · observed = counted in our sources · computed = derived from those.