Elections 98

State:	Tamil Nadu
Constituency:	Karur
Total Votes Polled:	676450
Winner: ADMK	Thambi Durai M.	327480
Runner Up: TMC(M)	Natrayan K	283807
Margin: 43673 (13%)

Elections 96

State:	Tamilnadu
Constituency:	Karur
Total Votes Polled:	763924
Winner: TMC(M)	Natrayan K	409830
Runner Up: ADMK	Thambidurai M	241556
Margin: 168274 (23.04%)

The Congress stronghold returned the AIADMK in 1989 and 1991, but in 1996, the TMC's Natrajan K defeated its M Thambidurai by 168,000 votes.