298. Tiptur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.5% to 3.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 90.1% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 4.4% to 57.9%.

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