45. Gulbarga Uttar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.0% to 19.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerKerala Janatha Party (KJP) finished second with 29.0% — it did not contest here in 2008.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.1% 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.