255. Khilchipur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.8% to 10.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 29.8% — it polled just 0.8% in 1993.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.4% between them, down from 95.3% — the field split more ways.

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