140. Belthangady

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.8% to 9.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.6% between them, down from 78.1% — the field split more ways.

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