169. Gopalpur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 12.5% to 17.9%.

• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 77.3% of the vote between them, up from 55.5% — a tighter two-way contest.
• Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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