149. Malur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.1% to 0.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.7% between them, down from 82.7% — the field split more ways.

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