28. Nongshken

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.2% to 8.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerKHNAM (KHNAM) finished second with 27.0% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.0% between them, down from 92.4% — the field split more ways.

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