55. Salmanpara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 9.7% to 7.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerNPEP (NPEP) finished second with 19.4% — it did not contest here in 2013.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 46.8% between them, down from 60.1% — the field split more ways.

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