219. Buxar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.8% to 8.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 11.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Janata Party (JNP).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 50.8% between them, down from 64.3% — the field split more ways.

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