198. Phulpur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.3% to 2.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBahujan Samaj Party (BSP) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 1996.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.5% between them, down from 75.5% — the field split more ways.

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