43. Songsak

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.1% to 18.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerUnited Democratic Party (UDP) finished second with 15.1% — it did not contest here in 1993.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 49.2% between them, down from 75.5% — the field split more ways.

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