37. Kottur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.3% to 3.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.4% between them, down from 80.9% — the field split more ways.

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