173. Dongargarh

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 41.0% to 3.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 21.3% — 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 fragmentedThe top two took only 80.4% between them, down from 85.8% — the field split more ways.

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