71. Sheohar

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 50.3% to 27.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanahitha Paksha (JP) finished second with 26.4% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.6% between them, down from 98.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 5.6% to 59.4%.

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