58. Kasba

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 1.0% to 9.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerLoktantrik Janshakti Party (LJP) finished second with 31.9% — it did not contest here in 2015.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.1% between them, down from 88.5% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.6% to 66.4%.

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