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State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Nagapattinam (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 727883
Winner: CPI Selvarasu M 394330
Runner Up: INC Kannivannan M 172984
Margin: 221346 (31.87%)

The CPI-M and the CPI have in the past won from here, and thus it was no surprise that the 1996 election saw the return of the CPI's M Selvarasu as MP. He defeated the Congress's M Kannivannan by 222,000 votes.

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