117. Marhaura

Rashtriya Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 11.9% to 7.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 31.9% — it did not contest here in 2015.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 71.4% between them, down from 83.3% — the field split more ways.

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