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Elections 98

State: Tamil Nadu
Constituency: Nilgiris
Total Votes Polled: 718202
Winner: BJP Mathan M. Alias Master Mathan M. 322818
Runner Up: TMC(M) Balasubramoniyan S.R. 262433
Margin: 60385 (19%)


Elections 96

State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Nilgiris
Total Votes Polled: 796437
Winner: TMC(M) Balasubramaniyan S R 475515
Runner Up: INC R Prabhu 194139
Margin: 281376 (37.22%)


From 1980 Congressman and former minister R Prabhu had won the election four consecutive times, till 1991. In 1996, he was pitted against his former colleague S R Balasubramanian, who was fighting on the TMC ticket. The latter won, by 179,000 votes.

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