13. Kasauli

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.1% to 17.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerHVC (HVC) finished second with 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1993.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.7% between them, down from 96.1% — the field split more ways.

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