43. Baijnath

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 11.8% to 27.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.6% between them, down from 95.3% — the field split more ways.

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