314. Nagaland

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 73.4% to 48.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 22.4% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 93.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 33.0% to 75.8%.

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