274. Bhadrachalam

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.2% to 5.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerTelugu Desam Party (TDP) finished second with 33.8% — it did not contest here in 1994.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.0% between them, down from 90.9% — the field split more ways.

Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.