144. Balod

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 9.7% to 9.9%.

• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 86.3% between them, down from 91.4% — the field split more ways.
• Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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