68. Nargund

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.2% to 16.3%.

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 11.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.1% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.4% between them, down from 93.5% — the field split more ways.

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