7. Katlicherra

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 38.1% to 39.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 15.4% — it polled just 0.6% in 1996.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.6% between them, down from 94.4% — the field split more ways.

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