17. Mal

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 28.3% to 26.6%.

• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 87.3% of the vote between them, up from 80.4% — a tighter two-way contest.
• Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
• Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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