58. Kanubari

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.4% to 0.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 34.8% — it did not contest here in 2009.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.1% 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.