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State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Ramanthapuram
Total Votes Polled: 664914
Winner: TMC(M) Udayappan, S.P. 331249
Runner Up: INC Rajeshwaran V 135945
Margin: 195304 (31.26%)

V Rajeshwaran won the seat for the Congress three consecutive times since 1984, and yet, in 1996 he lost to his former colleague now contesting against him on the TMC ticket. S P Udayappan defeated him by 196,000 votes.

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