38. Bilaspur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.1% to 4.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JNPSC (JNPSC) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 38.9% between them, down from 55.6% — the field split more ways.

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