42. Resubelpara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.5% to 2.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerUnited Democratic Party (UDP) finished second with 47.4% — it did not contest here in 1993.

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