57. Ludhiana North

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.1% to 32.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 19.9% — it polled just 0.4% in 1992.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.5% between them, down from 93.2% — the field split more ways.

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