20. Mylliem

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.4% to 8.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 9.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 29.5% — it did not contest here in 2008.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.6% between them, down from 87.5% — the field split more ways.

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