148. Alauli

Rashtriya Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.9% to 1.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 30.8% — it did not contest here in 2015.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.5% between them, down from 85.2% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.6% to 57.1%.

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