Elections 98

State:	Tamil Nadu
Constituency:	Madras Central
Total Votes Polled:	597280
Winner: DMK	Murasoli Maran	300774
Runner Up: ADMK	Jayakumar D	229047
Margin: 71727 (24%)

Elections 96

State:	Tamilnadu
Constituency:	Madras Central
Total Votes Polled:	598008
Winner: DMK	Murasoli Maran	403867
Runner Up: INC	G K J Bharathi	123400
Margin: 280467 (47.93%)

The seat went to the DMK in the sixties, and came back to the Congress fold in 1989, courtesy Era Anbarasu, and its tie-up with the AIADMK. The seat reverted to the DMK in 1996 after 12 years, with Industry Minister Murasoli Maran defeating the Congress's G K J Bharathi by 280,000 votes.