51. Saitu

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.1% to 10.5%.

• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 43.0% — it did not contest here in 2012.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 96.5% of the vote between them, up from 89.9% — a tighter two-way contest.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 14.1% to 86.4%.

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