117. Lahowal

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.4% to 12.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 25.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAsom Gana Parishad (AGP) finished second with 30.2% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.9% between them, down from 91.7% — the field split more ways.

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