186. Shirhatti

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 27.1% to 3.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 72.3% of the vote between them, up from 58.5% — a tighter two-way contest.

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