44. Kangra

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.3% to 8.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 15.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS) to Independent (IND).
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.1% of the vote between them, up from 81.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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