27. Loutolim

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.7% to 10.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSGF (SGF) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 2002.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.2% between them, down from 92.1% — the field split more ways.

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