183. Balaghat

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 40.2% to 21.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Janata Party (JNP) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.1% between them, down from 91.5% — the field split more ways.

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