81. Laharighat

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.4% to 25.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAsom Gana Parishad (AGP) finished second with 19.5% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.6% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.

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