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State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Pollachi (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 696457
Winner: TMC(M) Kandasamy V 361743
Runner Up: ADMK Anna Nambi R 222852
Margin: 138891 (21.19%)

From 1967, the contest has always been between the DMK and the AIADMK, with the latter party winning the seat from 1984 to 1991. In the 1996 elections, the TMC's V Kandasamy defeated the AIADMK's R Anna Nambi by 139,000 votes.

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