357. Alwar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 0.6% to 0.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 30.9% — it polled just 0.8% in 1996.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.1% between them, down from 71.9% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 19.6% to 57.9%.

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