289. Generalganj

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.9% to 7.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSamajwadi Party (SP) finished second with 38.8% — it did not contest here in 1991.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.9% of the vote between them, up from 72.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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