54. Jamwa Ramgarh

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.0% to 4.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 30.1% — it polled just 0.6% in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.7% between them, down from 72.5% — the field split more ways.

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