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State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Salem
Total Votes Polled: 706406
Winner: TMC(M) Devadass R 315277
Runner Up: INC Thangkabalu K V 194392
Margin: 120885 (18.05%)

Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, son of the illustrious Mohan Kumaramangalam, was elected from here on a Congress ticket for three consecutive terms starting 1984. In 1996, the constituency returned the TMC's R Devadass who defeated the Congress's K V Thangkabalu by 121,000 votes. Ranga, who contested on the Congress-Tiwari ticket, came third, winning 120,345 votes or 17.97 %.

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