127. Balaghat

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 32.1% to 32.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samajwadi Party (SP) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.7% between them, down from 76.2% — the field split more ways.

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