311. Shillong

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.4% to 19.3%.

• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 32.4% — it polled just 1.3% in 1999.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 84.1% of the vote between them, up from 69.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 3.5% to 46.9%.

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