Elections 98

State:	Tamil Nadu
Constituency:	Krishnagiri
Total Votes Polled:	648144
Winner: ADMK	Munusamy K P	315762
Runner Up: TMC(M)	Rajaram Naidu D R	266413
Margin: 49349 (16%)

Elections 96

State:	Tamilnadu
Constituency:	Krisnagiri
Total Votes Polled:	715036
Winner: TMC(M)	Narasimhan C	371009
Runner Up: INC	Elankovan E V K S	176333
Margin: 194676 (29.36%)

Former Tamil Nadu Congress chief Vazhapaddi K Ramamurthy was elected four consecutive times starting 1980. In 1996, the INC candidate was E V K S Elankovan, who lost to the TMC's C Narasimhan by 195,000 votes. Ramamurthy came in third, with 163,484 votes.