84. Batadroba

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.5% to 11.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAsom Gana Parishad (AGP) finished second with 21.8% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.0% between them, down from 70.5% — the field split more ways.

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