76. Patiala Town

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 4.3% to 4.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.0% between them, down from 88.7% — the field split more ways.

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