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State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Tirunelveli
Total Votes Polled: 669818
Winner: DMK Sivaprakasam D S A 295001
Runner Up: ADMK Rajaselvam A R 176721
Margin: 118280 (18.25%)

Till 1991 the last time D S A Sivaprakasam of the DMK won from here was in 1980. The next two elections he came second to the AIADMK's M R Janarthanam, and in 1991 his party fielded someone else. He returned to the seat in 1996, and trounced the AIADMK's A R Rajaselvam by 119,000 votes.

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