Elections 98

State:	Tamil Nadu
Constituency:	Tiruchengode
Total Votes Polled:	781858
Winner: ADMK	Palaniswamy K.	414992
Runner Up: DMK	Ramalingam K P Dr	310183
Margin: 104809 (25%)

Elections 96

State:	Tamilnadu
Constituency:	Tiruchengode
Total Votes Polled:	857452
Winner: DMK	K P Ramalingam	471533
Runner Up: ADMK	Kumarasamy A V	278345
Margin: 193188 (23.21%)

The Congress won just twice from here, in 1957 and 1962, after which it was a tussle between the DMK and the AIADMK. From 1984 the latter had won the election till 1991, and in 1996 the tables were turned. The DMK's K P Ramalingam defeated the AIADMK's A V Kumaraswamy by 193,000 votes.