8. Hailakandi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.0% to 12.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from KMPP (KMPP) to Independent (IND).
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.1% of the vote between them, up from 72.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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