57. Jorhat

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.8% to 7.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 25.8% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.4% between them, down from 80.9% — the field split more ways.

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