35. Basantpur West

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.3% to 7.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Praja Socialist Party (PSP).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.8% between them, down from 73.7% — the field split more ways.

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