15. Haldwani

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 13.2% to 17.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bhartiya Krishak Dal (BKD) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.4% between them, down from 73.7% — the field split more ways.

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