51. Sikti

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.6% to 7.3%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2000 and 2010 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerLoktantrik Janshakti Party (LJP) finished second with 23.9% — it did not contest here in 2000.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.0% between them, down from 64.9% — the field split more ways.

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