26. Hindupur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.2% to 11.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 25.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Praja Socialist Party (PSP) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.8% between them, down from 97.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 32.3% to 59.6%.

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