155. Jamtara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.5% to 10.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJMMS (JMMS) finished second with 23.0% — it did not contest here in 1990.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.0% between them, down from 71.5% — the field split more ways.

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