4. Dirang

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.7% to 19.8%.

• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 38.2% — it did not contest here in 1995.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.3% of the vote between them, up from 85.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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