182. Chautham

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 12.9% to 12.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 31.0% between them, down from 51.2% — the field split more ways.

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