281. Baghmara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.3% to 1.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJMMM (JMMM) finished second with 23.3% — it did not contest here in 1990.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 47.6% between them, down from 52.7% — the field split more ways.

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