537. Vishnupur

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.1% to 20.5%.

• New challengerWBTC (WBTC) finished second with 36.3% — it did not contest here in 1996.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 84.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.3% to 79.4%.

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