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Elections 98

State: Tamil Nadu
Constituency: Cuddalore
Total Votes Polled: 658340
Winner: ADMK Dhamotharan M C 309985
Runner Up: TMC(M) Venkatesan P R S 282856
Margin: 27129 (9%)


Elections 96

State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Cuddalore
Total Votes Polled: 729417
Winner: TMC(M) Venkatesan PRS 389660
Runner Up: INC Santhamurthy V 184456
Margin: 205204 (29.59%)


The only time the Dravida parties have won from here were in 1962 and 1967, the seat staying with the Congress for most other time. In 1984 and 1989 P R S Venkatesan was elected on the Congress ticket. In 1991 as well, the constituency stayed with the Congress, P P Kaliaperumal being the MP. Venkatesan was once again in the fray in 1996, this time as the TMC candidate and he defeated the Congress's V Santhamurthy by 205,000 votes.

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