122. Tinsukia

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.5% to 2.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAsom Gana Parishad (AGP) finished second with 32.2% — it did not contest here in 2001.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.2% between them, down from 85.5% — the field split more ways.

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