65. Gondiya

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.1% to 5.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 2009.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 58.6% between them, down from 86.9% — the field split more ways.

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