299. Ahmednagar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.9% to 8.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 29.5% — it did not contest here in 1991.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.9% between them, down from 90.9% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 10.2% to 50.0%.

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