219. Chaurai

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 44.9% to 3.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 91.9% of the vote between them, up from 77.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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