390. Rasipuram

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.4% to 6.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) finished second with 42.4% — it did not contest here in 1998.

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