256. Wai

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.3% to 11.0%.

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 13.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 29.7% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 70.4% between them, down from 93.1% — the field split more ways.

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