39. Mebo

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.0% to 1.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 49.2% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 93.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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