65. Kanke

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.0% to 3.2%.

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 9.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 28.1% — it did not contest here in 2005.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.4% between them, down from 71.5% — the field split more ways.

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