51. Bhalki

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.3% to 6.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerKerala Janatha Party (KJP) finished second with 32.9% — it did not contest here in 2008.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.3% between them, down from 83.8% — the field split more ways.

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