27. Devar Hippargi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.5% to 7.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 22.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.9% between them, down from 77.9% — the field split more ways.

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