171. Asthawan

Janata Dal (United) held the seat; the winning margin held roughly steady from 7.9% to 8.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 27.7% — it did not contest here in 2015.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.5% between them, down from 80.7% — the field split more ways.

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