305. Jobat

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 38.7% to 25.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 22.1% — it polled just 0.8% in 1993.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.8% between them, down from 93.9% — the field split more ways.

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