259. Dhanwar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.0% to 14.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Independent (IND) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.4% between them, down from 66.4% — the field split more ways.

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