19. Phek

Naga Peoples Front held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.2% to 31.9%.

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 3.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerRashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) finished second with 23.6% — it did not contest here in 2003.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 79.0% 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.