44. Shahdara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 17.2% to 21.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 21.5% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.3% between them, down from 94.5% — the field split more ways.

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