281. Baghmara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 34.4% to 19.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.7% between them, down from 65.2% — the field split more ways.

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