15. Bandipora

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.6% to 1.1%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2014 and 2024 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from JKPDP (JKPDP) to Independent (IND).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 53.8% between them, down from 69.7% — the field split more ways.

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