59. Balli Maran

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.5% to 2.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 83.1% — the field split more ways.

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