309. Mandar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.9% to 9.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.1% between them, down from 77.1% — the field split more ways.

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