285. Palus - Kadegaon

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 73.1% to 12.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 27.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 43.0% — it did not contest here in 2019.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.9% of the vote between them, up from 93.0% — a tighter two-way contest.

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