43. Phungyar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.0% to 8.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 22.8% — it did not contest here in 1995.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.8% between them, down from 73.1% — the field split more ways.

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