17. Lamsang

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.3% to 12.6%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerNationalist Congress Party (NCP) finished second with 27.8% — it did not contest here in 2007.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.1% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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