47. Anaicut

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.3% to 0.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) finished second with 45.0% — it did not contest here in 2001.

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