67. Beri

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.1% to 5.4%.

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 16.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 34.1% — it polled just 0.7% in 2005.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.5% between them, down from 92.0% — the field split more ways.

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