236. Sarangarh

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.1% to 1.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.2% between them, down from 73.7% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 7.1% to 60.6%.

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