38. Yadgir

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 4.9% to 7.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerKerala Janatha Party (KJP) finished second with 26.2% — it did not contest here in 2008.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.9% between them, down from 73.2% — the field split more ways.

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