288. Nakrekal

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.9% to 4.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerTelugu Desam Party (TDP) finished second with 30.3% — it did not contest here in 1994.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.0% between them, down from 77.2% — the field split more ways.

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