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State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Vandavasi
Total Votes Polled: 717844
Winner: TMC(M) Balaraman L 342184
Runner Up: INC Krishnaswamy M 168880
Margin: 173304 (25.49%)

In 1984 and 1989 L Balaraman (Congress) was the MP. In 1991 the constituency stayed with the Congress albeit it was a different MP. In 1996 Balaraman was once again in the fray, this time on the TMC ticket, and defeated sitting MP M Krishnaswamy by 174,000 votes.

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