252. Shirur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.4% to 0.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Dal (JD) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.0% between them, down from 67.3% — the field split more ways.

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