154. Chikmagalur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.9% to 1.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Communist Party of India (CPI).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 49.5% between them, down from 68.5% — the field split more ways.

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