109. Saintala

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.8% to 10.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBiju Janata Dal (BJD) finished second with 26.4% — it did not contest here in 1995.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.2% between them, down from 78.5% — the field split more ways.

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