186. Luni

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.4% to 1.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerRSNM (RSNM) finished second with 32.5% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.3% 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.