121. Amethi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.5% to 22.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 74.5% between them, down from 90.8% — the field split more ways.

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