252. Shirala

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 48.1% to 42.0%.

• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.9% of the vote between them, up from 84.2% — a tighter two-way contest.
• Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
• Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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