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Elections 98

State: Tamil Nadu
Constituency: Madurai
Total Votes Polled: 676204
Winner: JP Subramanian Swamy 266202
Runner Up: TMC(M) Rambabu A.G.S. 245305
Margin: 20897 (8%)


Elections 96

State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Madurai
Total Votes Polled: 747383
Winner: TMC(M) Ram Babu A G S 334055
Runner Up: JP Subramanian Swamy 144249
Margin: 189806 (26.40%)


The seat of Tamil culture had voted non-Congress only twice till 1991, and that was for the CPI and CPI-M. The Congress's A G Subburaman won the seat in 1990 and 1984, and his son A G S Rambabu succeeded him in 1989 and 1991. He fought the 1996 election as the TMC candidate, and defeated his nearest rival, Dr Subramanian Swamy of the Janata Party, by 190,000 votes.

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