24. Khowai

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.4% to 17.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from TCD (TCD) to Indian National Congress (INC).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.2% between them, down from 80.1% — the field split more ways.

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