178. Chamarajanagar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.1% to 12.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.4% between them, down from 87.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 11.3% to 59.3%.

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