43. Kokernag

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 4.9% to 2.5%.

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 11.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to JKN (JKN).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.0% between them, down from 71.2% — the field split more ways.

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