7. Calangute

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.4% to 14.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerUGDP (UGDP) finished second with 28.5% — it did not contest here in 2002.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.2% between them, down from 95.3% — the field split more ways.

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