442. Machhlishahr

Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.7% to 7.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 25.2% — it did not contest here in 1989.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.9% between them, down from 78.5% — the field split more ways.

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