98. Challakere

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 8.0% to 9.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.1% between them, down from 78.2% — the field split more ways.

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