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Elections 98

State: Tamil Nadu
Constituency: Madras Central
Total Votes Polled: 597280
Winner: DMK Murasoli Maran 300774
Runner Up: ADMK Jayakumar D 229047
Margin: 71727 (24%)


Elections 96

State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Madras Central
Total Votes Polled: 598008
Winner: DMK Murasoli Maran 403867
Runner Up: INC G K J Bharathi 123400
Margin: 280467 (47.93%)


The seat went to the DMK in the sixties, and came back to the Congress fold in 1989, courtesy Era Anbarasu, and its tie-up with the AIADMK. The seat reverted to the DMK in 1996 after 12 years, with Industry Minister Murasoli Maran defeating the Congress's G K J Bharathi by 280,000 votes.

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