64. Gopalpur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.3% to 19.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerHVC (HVC) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1993.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.3% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.

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