120. Naharkatia

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 46.3% to 23.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.8% — it polled just 1.9% in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.8% between them, down from 85.6% — the field split more ways.

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