Elections 98

State:	Tamil Nadu
Constituency:	Gobichettipalayam
Total Votes Polled:	627372
Winner: ADMK	Chinnasamy V K	329753
Runner Up: DMK	Ramasamy N.	215111
Margin: 114642 (35%)

Elections 96

State:	Tamilnadu
Constituency:	Gobichettipalayam
Total Votes Polled:	691388
Winner: DMK	Shanmugasundaram V P	353982
Runner Up: ADMK	Narayanan P G	211014
Margin: 142968 (21.49%)

The AIADMK won this seat from 1980 to 1991, P G Narayanan being elected MP in 1989 and 1991. In 1996 his opponent was the DMK's V P Shanmugasundaram who won the seat by 142,000 votes.