349. Ferozepur

Shiromani Akali Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.0% to 2.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 38.0% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.1% between them, down from 99.0% — the field split more ways.

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