29. Mandawa

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 29.6% to 18.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 17.6% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.9% between them, down from 83.4% — the field split more ways.

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