38. Rongrenggiri

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.0% to 0.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerNationalist Congress Party (NCP) finished second with 36.3% — it did not contest here in 1998.

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