Elections 98

State:	Tamil Nadu
Constituency:	Nagapattinam (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	661129
Winner: CPI	Selvarasu, M.	375589
Runner Up: ADMK	Gopal, Dr. K.	244286
Margin: 131303 (35%)

Elections 96

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.