41. Khammam

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 1.3% to 0.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerTelugu Desam Party (TDP) finished second with 34.9% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.8% between them, down from 79.3% — the field split more ways.

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