273. Generalganj

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 2.9% to 1.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 34.9% — it did not contest here in 1996.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.0% between them, down from 76.4% — the field split more ways.

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