197. Khed Alandi

Nationalist Congress Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 9.8% to 12.4%.

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 13.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerShiv Sena (SHS) finished second with 26.2% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.8% between them, down from 95.2% — the field split more ways.

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