22. Sheohar

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 1.4% to 0.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerHindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) (HAMS) finished second with 29.4% — it did not contest here in 2010.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.1% between them, down from 66.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 2.9% to 54.8%.

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