17. Laitumkharah

The seat changed hands: HPU (HPU) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 21.9%.

• INC vote shareINC went from 29.5% to 50.9% of the vote here (+21.4%).
• New challengerUnited Democratic Party (UDP) finished second with 29.0% — it did not contest here in 1993.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 79.9% of the vote between them, up from 65.2% — a tighter two-way contest.

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