21. Mawprem

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.1% to 5.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 26.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 1988.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.2% between them, down from 94.0% — the field split more ways.

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