46. Chowkham

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 21.9% to 28.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 26.8% — it did not contest here in 2009.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.5% 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.