Palani Lok Sabha constituency explained

10.45°N 77.52°W

Palani
Type:	LS
State:	Tamil Nadu
Established:	1977
Abolished:	2008
Latest Election Year:	2004
Reservation:	None

Palani was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu.^[1] In 2009, after delimitation and redistricting exercise of 2008, Palani constituency was abolished and has become a part of Dindigul (Lok Sabha constituency) and Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)

Assembly segments

Palani Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[2]

1. Vellakoil (Defunct)
2. Kangayam (Moved to Erode)
3. Palani (SC) (Moved to Dindugul)
4. Oddanchatram (Moved to Dindugul)
5. Natham (Moved to Dindugul)
6. Vedasandur (Moved to Dindugul)

Members of the Parliament

Year	Duration	Winner	Party
Sixth	1977-80	C. Subramaniam
Seventh	1980-84	A. Senapathi Gounder
Eighth	1984-89	A. Senapathi Gounder
Ninth	1989-91	A. Senapathi Gounder
Ninth	1991-92	A. Senapathi Gounder
Tenth	1992-96	Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy
Eleventh	1996-98	S.K. Kharventhan
Twelfth	1998-99	A. Ganeshamurthi
Thirteenth	1999-04	Palaniyappa Gounder Kumarasamy
Fourteenth	2004- 2009	S.K. Kharventhan
Abolished

Election results

General Elections 1977

See also

• Palani
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Delimitation of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies Order, 1976 . . 1 December 1976 . 13 October 2021.
2. Web site: List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies . 2008-10-11 . Tamil Nadu . Election Commission of India . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081031131000/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf . 2008-10-31.