13. Lakhipur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.2% to 6.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 19.3% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 45.4% between them, down from 55.1% — the field split more ways.

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