215. Kasba Peth

Bharatiya Janata Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.1% to 5.2%.

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 20.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerMaharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) finished second with 30.1% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.4% between them, down from 97.6% — the field split more ways.

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