14. Cumbarjua

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.0% to 5.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 31.9% — it did not contest here in 1994.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.1% between them, down from 83.9% — the field split more ways.

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