3. Parvathipuram

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.4% to 1.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerTelugu Desam Party (TDP) finished second with 38.5% — it did not contest here in 1991.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.5% between them, down from 96.6% — the field split more ways.

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