Elections 98

State:	Tamil Nadu
Constituency:	Pollachi (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	578887
Winner: ADMK	Thiyagrajan M.	306083
Runner Up: TMC(M)	Kovai Thangam	210682
Margin: 95401 (31%)

Elections 96

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.