53. Gauhati East

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.8% to 2.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 30.5% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.0% between them, down from 88.8% — the field split more ways.

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