249. Solapur City Central

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.4% to 6.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 20.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) finished second with 22.9% — it did not contest here in 2009.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 51.8% between them, down from 75.0% — the field split more ways.

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