Elections 98

State:	Tamil Nadu
Constituency:	Tiruchirappalli
Total Votes Polled:	647694
Winner: BJP	Rangarajan Kumaramangalam	305233
Runner Up: TMC(M)	Adaikalaraj.L	293778
Margin: 11455 (4%)

Elections 96

State:	Tamilnadu
Constituency:	Tiruchirappalli
Total Votes Polled:	720232
Winner: TMC(M)	Adaikkalraj L	434149
Runner Up: INC	Gopal K	169441
Margin: 264708 (38.20%)

Three-time Congress MP L Adaikalaraj contested the 1996 election on the TMC ticket, and defeated his erstwhile colleague from the Congress party K Gopal by 165,000 votes. The CPI-M, which had won an earlier election from here, came third.