34. Afzalpur

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.5% to 4.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 18.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerKerala Janatha Party (KJP) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 2008.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 55.2% between them, down from 88.1% — the field split more ways.

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