73. Rupbas

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.6% to 1.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Lok Dal (INLD) finished second with 21.0% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 43.2% between them, down from 68.9% — the field split more ways.

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