64. Manalur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.3% to 6.2%.

• New challengerCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM) finished second with 43.9% — it did not contest here in 1996.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.9% of the vote between them, up from 88.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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