232. Kanigiri

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.4% to 2.2%.

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 7.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 43.6% — it polled just 0.8% in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.4% between them, down from 97.6% — the field split more ways.

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