1. Nippani

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 5.8%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.6% between them, down from 82.2% — the field split more ways.

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