21. Naoriya Pakhanglakpa

Independent held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 7.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSamajwadi Andolan Party (SAP) finished second with 17.3% — it did not contest here in 1995.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 42.5% between them, down from 61.4% — the field split more ways.

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