44. Bajengdoba

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.3% to 1.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerUnited Democratic Party (UDP) finished second with 48.2% — it did not contest here in 1993.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.0% of the vote between them, up from 86.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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