32. Rumgong

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.7% to 5.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 38.9% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.7% between them, down from 92.5% — the field split more ways.

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