167. Suryagarha

Rashtriya Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.3% to 5.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (United) (JDU) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 2015.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.6% between them, down from 82.1% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 4.1% to 56.0%.

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