18. Rhenock

Samyukta Socialist Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 26.9% to 13.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSikkim Democratic Front (SDF) finished second with 32.8% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.3% between them, down from 93.6% — the field split more ways.

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