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Elections 98

State: Tamil Nadu
Constituency: Rasipuram (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 606630
Winner: ADMK Saroja V.Dr. 302801
Runner Up: TMC(M) Kandasamy K. 248424
Margin: 54377 (18%)


Elections 96

State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Rasipuram (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 694523
Winner: TMC(M) Kandasamy K 408791
Runner Up: INC Jayakumar K 215613
Margin: 193178 (29.18%)


Barring 1967, when the seat went to the DMK, the constituency has stuck by the Congress. In fact, B Devarajan of the Congress was elected five consecutive times from 1977 to 1991. In 1996, TMC candidate K Kandasamy defeated the Congress's K Jayakumar by 193,000 votes.

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