156. Saoli

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.9% to 3.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 28.7% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.7% between them, down from 69.8% — the field split more ways.

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