47. Athgarh

Biju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.1% to 28.6%.

• 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 23.8% — it polled just 0.3% in 2000.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.2% between them, down from 98.6% — the field split more ways.

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