12. Nalagarh

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.4% to 14.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 31.4% — it did not contest here in 1990.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.5% between them, down from 96.0% — the field split more ways.

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