8. Lamlai

Communist Party of India held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 1.0% to 0.1%.

• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 33.8% — it polled just 0.9% in 2002.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 67.8% of the vote between them, up from 59.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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