17. Kaithal

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.3% to 15.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.8% between them, down from 83.3% — the field split more ways.

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