532. Contai

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.9% to 9.1%.

• New challengerWBTC (WBTC) finished second with 38.7% — it did not contest here in 1996.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.5% between them, down from 94.5% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.7% to 84.8%.

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