143. Chintamani

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.4% to 1.0%.

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 6.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerJanata Dal (Secular) (JDS) finished second with 43.5% — it polled just 1.9% in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.0% between them, down from 96.0% — the field split more ways.

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