48. Mao

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.7% to 1.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 28.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from MSCP (MSCP) to FPM (FPM).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.1% between them, down from 94.0% — the field split more ways.

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