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.