40. Nuh

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.5% to 3.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from ZP (ZP) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.1% between them, down from 87.3% — the field split more ways.

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