42. Wakching

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.5% to 0.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerNPC (NPC) finished second with 49.8% — it did not contest here in 1987.

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