332. Patiala

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.8% to 1.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.8% between them, down from 76.5% — the field split more ways.

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