81. Laharighat

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.2% to 1.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 36.1% — it polled just 1.3% in 2016.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.4% between them, down from 78.6% — the field split more ways.

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