494. Bulandshahr

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 12.8% to 12.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 23.9% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.3% between them, down from 68.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 9.7% to 45.0%.

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