137. Saraipali

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.9% to 17.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.4% — it polled just 1.1% in 1993.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.2% between them, down from 91.9% — the field split more ways.

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