Elections 98

State:	Tamil Nadu
Constituency:	Mayiladuturai
Total Votes Polled:	643973
Winner: TMC(M)	Krishnamoorthy, K.	286098
Runner Up: PMK	Arulmozhi, P.D.	243642
Margin: 42456 (15%)

Elections 96

State:	Tamilnadu
Constituency:	Mayiladuturai
Total Votes Polled:	690094
Winner: TMC(M)	Rajendiran P V	367778
Runner Up: INC	Mani Shankar Aiyar	214234
Margin: 153544 (23.25%)

Rajiv loyalist Mani Shankar Aiyar's constituency, from where he was elected in 1991. In 1996, however, he lost to TMC candidate P V Rajendiran by 147,000 votes.