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Elections 98

State: Tamil Nadu
Constituency: Tiruchengode
Total Votes Polled: 781858
Winner: ADMK Palaniswamy K. 414992
Runner Up: DMK Ramalingam K P Dr 310183
Margin: 104809 (25%)


Elections 96

State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Tiruchengode
Total Votes Polled: 857452
Winner: DMK K P Ramalingam 471533
Runner Up: ADMK Kumarasamy A V 278345
Margin: 193188 (23.21%)


The Congress won just twice from here, in 1957 and 1962, after which it was a tussle between the DMK and the AIADMK. From 1984 the latter had won the election till 1991, and in 1996 the tables were turned. The DMK's K P Ramalingam defeated the AIADMK's A V Kumaraswamy by 193,000 votes.

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