243. Varanasi North

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.4% to 17.4%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Janata Party (JNP).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 62.1% between them, down from 90.5% — the field split more ways.

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