218. Narasimharaja

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.6% to 7.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSDPI (SDPI) finished second with 25.6% — it did not contest here in 2008.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.5% between them, down from 67.6% — the field split more ways.

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