176. Maharajganj

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 5.6% to 5.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 23.8% — it did not contest here in 1996.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.5% between them, down from 75.4% — the field split more ways.

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