197. Belgaum

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.6% to 6.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Indian National Congress (INC) to Janata Party (JNP).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.9% between them, down from 82.0% — the field split more ways.

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