44. Jania

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.2% to 0.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAUDF (AUDF) finished second with 27.2% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 54.4% between them, down from 63.3% — the field split more ways.

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