96. Parbhani

Shiv Sena held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.1% to 12.6%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 28.0% — it polled just 1.2% in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.6% between them, down from 88.3% — the field split more ways.

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