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State: Tamilnadu
Constituency: Perambalur (SC)
Total Votes Polled: 721728
Winner: DMK Raja A 399079
Runner Up: INC Subramanian P V 184832
Margin: 214247 (31.77%)

The last time the DMK won from here was in 1971, after which the constituency remained with the alliance partners the AIADMK-Congress. In 1996, the DMK's A Raja defeated the Congress's P V Subramanian by 215,000 votes.

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