44. Malkajgiri

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.2% to 18.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 28.5% — it did not contest here in 2018.

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