159. Bhadrawati

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.9% to 13.0%.

• 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 21.1% — it polled just 0.5% in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.2% between them, down from 74.4% — the field split more ways.

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