224. Itarsi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.3% to 3.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.7% of the vote between them, up from 79.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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