226. Bastar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 35.1% to 15.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Communist Party of India (CPI) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.7% between them, down from 74.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 4.6% to 32.1%.

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