31. Along East

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 7.5% to 7.7%.

• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 45.7% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.0% of the vote between them, up from 74.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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