170. Kumta

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.0% to 3.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.2% between them, down from 88.4% — the field split more ways.

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