15. Mylliem

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.1% to 17.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 21.7% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.3% between them, down from 97.2% — the field split more ways.

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