258. Metpalli

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.9% to 12.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.3% between them, down from 76.1% — the field split more ways.

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