172. Chikballapur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.6% to 15.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.0% between them, down from 85.8% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 5.2% to 66.0%.

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