65. Maharajganj

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.9% to 7.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 35.7% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.3% between them, down from 99.4% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 11.4% to 59.6%.

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