243. Balaghat

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.4% to 0.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.6% between them, down from 69.3% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 8.5% to 64.6%.

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