257. Barsathi

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 33.2% to 3.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 74.3% of the vote between them, up from 68.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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