235. Latur City

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 51.4% to 24.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 34.5% — it did not contest here in 2009.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.3% of the vote between them, up from 78.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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