138. Puttur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.6% to 1.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.5% of the vote between them, up from 74.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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