84. Shadnagar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.4% to 6.9%.

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 8.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS) (BRS) finished second with 36.7% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 80.3% between them, down from 95.0% — the field split more ways.

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