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Elections 98

State: Tamil Nadu
Constituency: Sivaganga
Total Votes Polled: 618259
Winner: TMC(M) Chidambaram, P. 303854
Runner Up: ADMK Kalimuthu, K. 244713
Margin: 59141 (19%)


Elections 96

State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Sivaganga
Total Votes Polled: 674632
Winner: TMC(M) Chidambaram P 418774
Runner Up: INC Gowrishankaran M 171472
Margin: 247302 (38.26%)


Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram's pocket borough, which he has held on since 1980. In 1996, he was the TMC candidate, fighting his erstwhile Congress colleague M Gowrishankaran, and defeated him by 247,000 votes.

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