40. Mariyang-Geku

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.2% to 15.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 33.6% — it did not contest here in 1990.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.0% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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