38. Zahirabad

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.4% to 1.4%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.3% between them, down from 95.4% — the field split more ways.

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