186. Mandla

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 51.0% to 29.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.7% between them, down from 96.1% — the field split more ways.

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