33. Mechuka

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 10.2% to 20.2%.

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 3.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerNationalist Congress Party (NCP) finished second with 31.5% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.2% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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