31. Naigaum

Shiv Sena held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 43.3% to 26.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 29.9% — it did not contest here in 1999.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 86.6% of the vote between them, up from 79.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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