44. Tezu Hayuliang

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.6% to 2.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 35.0% — it did not contest here in 1995.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.6% between them, down from 87.7% — the field split more ways.

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