205. Sadalga

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 21.1% to 18.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 36.3% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 90.8% between them, down from 98.5% — the field split more ways.

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