297. Shillong

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.9% to 4.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 97.0% of the vote between them, up from 91.6% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 4.5% to 50.0%.

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