9. Gokak

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 15.7% to 6.2%.

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 19.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.0% between them, down from 94.7% — the field split more ways.

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