41. Bhabanipur

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 25.8% to 13.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAsom Gana Parishad (AGP) finished second with 22.0% — it did not contest here in 1985.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.7% between them, down from 71.4% — the field split more ways.

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