479. Maharajganj

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 23.7% to 2.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 45.9% — it did not contest here in 2019.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 94.8% of the vote between them, up from 88.6% — a tighter two-way contest.

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