94. Bahoriband

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 0.4% to 1.4%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBJSH (BJSH) finished second with 19.8% — it did not contest here in 2003.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 41.0% between them, down from 63.0% — the field split more ways.

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