37. Kakching

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.3% to 2.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 16.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 43.6% — it did not contest here in 2012.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.8% 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.