34. Afzalpur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.1% to 2.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 32.3% — it polled just 0.4% in 2018.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.4% between them, down from 88.8% — the field split more ways.

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