41. Mendipathar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.5% to 1.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerUnited Democratic Party (UDP) finished second with 39.4% — it did not contest here in 1993.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.7% 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.