155. Jamtara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.2% to 3.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.5% between them, down from 77.0% — the field split more ways.

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