139. Bhadran

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.6% to 23.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.0% — it did not contest here in 1990.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.1% between them, down from 99.2% — the field split more ways.

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