30. Chrari Sharief

JKN held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.6% to 9.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) finished second with 41.8% — it did not contest here in 1996.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.1% of the vote between them, up from 80.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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