119. Simri-Bakhtiarpur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.2% to 5.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 26.7% — it did not contest here in 1995.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.3% between them, down from 87.5% — the field split more ways.

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