20. Baithalangso

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.0% to 7.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAutonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.1% between them, down from 82.6% — the field split more ways.

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