40. Palak

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 14.3% to 5.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 19.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerMizo National Front (MNF) finished second with 31.7% — it did not contest here in 2013.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.1% between them, down from 99.4% — the field split more ways.

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