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State:	Tamilnadu
Constituency:	Mayiladuturai
Total Votes Polled:	690094
Winner: TMC(M)	Rajendiran P V	367778
Runner Up: INC	Mani Shankar Aiyar	214234
Margin: 153544 (23.25%)

Rajiv loyalist Mani Shankar Aiyar's constituency, from where he was elected in 1991. In 1996, however, he lost to TMC candidate P V Rajendiran by 147,000 votes.