169. Ramnagar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.0% to 6.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Samyukta Socialist Party (SSP) to Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.4% between them, down from 75.4% — the field split more ways.

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