30. Kharkhauda

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 37.1% to 14.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 26.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 23.4% — it polled just 0.8% in 2009.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 60.8% between them, down from 91.1% — the field split more ways.

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