60. Meham

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.3% to 6.0%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2005 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 31.6% — it polled just 0.6% in 2005.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.2% 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.