258. Lohardaga

Jai Hind Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.1% to 5.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.1% between them, down from 74.8% — the field split more ways.

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