39. Canacona

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.0% to 1.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 36.1% — it did not contest here in 1994.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.4% between them, down from 94.1% — the field split more ways.

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