383. Tiruppattur

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.3% to 0.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) finished second with 47.8% — it did not contest here in 1996.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.7% of the vote between them, up from 88.8% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 4.2% to 61.7%.

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