Tamil Nadu Assembly election 2021, Palani profile: DMK's IP Senthil Kumar won seat in 2016 polls

Palani is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha constituency in the Dindigul district of Tamil Nadu. It falls under the Dindigul Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, the Palani constituency had a total of 2,57,151 registered voters.

Voter turnout in previous election

The voter turnout in Palani in the previous Assembly election was 76.79 percent.

Past election results and winners

In the 2016 Tamil Nadu Assembly election, IP Senthil Kumar of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the Palani seat.  He won 1,00,045 votes, as against 74,459 votes won by his main rival P Kumarasamy of the AIADMK party. In the 2011 Assembly polls, Venugopalu KSN of the AIADMK party won this seat against Senthilkumar IP of DMK party.

Election date and timing

The Tamil Nadu Assembly polls will be held on 6 April 2021 , along with Kerala and Puducherry. The day will also see phase three polls in Assam and West Bengal. 92,000 polling booths will be there for the assembly polls. The counting of the votes is scheduled for 2 May. The official notification of the Assembly polls in the state is scheduled for 12 March. The nomination of candidates will be accepted from then till 19 March. The scrutiny of nominations will be done on 20 March and the last date for withdrawal of candidature is 22 March. The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly has a total number of 234 seats, of which 45 are reserved constituencies (42 SC constituencies and 3 ST Constituencies). The current term of the Assembly ends on 24 May 2021.