326. Ludhiana

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.3% to 2.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 28.4% — it did not contest here in 2019.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.9% between them, down from 66.0% — the field split more ways.

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