51. Barpeta

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.8% to 8.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAsom Gana Parishad (AGP) finished second with 26.1% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.1% between them, down from 74.5% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.8% to 70.9%.

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