127. Madikeri

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.4% to 10.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 75.2% between them, down from 85.5% — the field split more ways.

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