27. Yelburga

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.2% to 9.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Independent (IND).
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.9% of the vote between them, up from 92.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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