36. Mawkyrwat

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.3% to 4.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 21.9% — it polled just 0.4% in 2008.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 48.0% between them, down from 56.8% — the field split more ways.

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