Elections 98

State:	Tamil Nadu
Constituency:	Coimbatore
Total Votes Polled:	826652
Winner: BJP	Radhakrishnan C.P.	449269
Runner Up: DMK	Subbian K. R.	304593
Margin: 144676 (32%)

Elections 96

State:	Tamilnadu
Constituency:	Coimbatore
Total Votes Polled:	848217
Winner: DMK	Ramanathan M	463807
Runner Up: INC	Kuppuswamy C K	201020
Margin: 262787 (32.18%)

C K Kuppuswamy went into the 1996 election in the firm knowledge that he had won the seat for the Congress three consecutive times. In that election, however, he had no answer to the DMK's M Ramanathan, who trounced him by 262,000 votes. The DMK has denied Ramanathan the ticket this time.