10. Cannanore

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.7% to 8.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 40.4% — it polled just 0.8% in 1991.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.3% between them, down from 94.3% — the field split more ways.

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