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State:	Tamilnadu
Constituency:	Chengalpattu
Total Votes Polled:	738989
Winner: DMK	Parasuraman K	410483
Runner Up: INC	Krishnan S M	174826
Margin: 235657 (33.34%)

The highest percentage of votes from this constituency was polled by the DMK's Chittibabu, in 1967, but that was before the seat went the AIADMK-Congress way. In 1996, after 25 years, the DMK was once again elected from here, K Parasuraman winning 58 % of the votes, compared to his Congress rival S M Krishnan who managed 24.73 % and lost the election by 236,000 votes.