38. Kulgam

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 30.3% to 0.5%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2002 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 17.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJKPDP (JKPDP) finished second with 33.8% — it did not contest here in 2002.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.0% between them, down from 73.2% — the field split more ways.

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