49. Palghat

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.2% to 4.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 84.1% between them, down from 98.0% — the field split more ways.

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