26. Dumporijo

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.3% to 1.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 37.6% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.9% 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.