33. Bellary

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 5.2% to 6.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.2% between them, down from 76.2% — the field split more ways.

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