81. Palacodu

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.4% to 5.6%.

• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Indian National Congress (INC).
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 99.2% of the vote between them, up from 59.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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