27. Mokokchung Town

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 7.3% to 12.9%.

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 10.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 30.0% — it did not contest here in 2003.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 73.0% 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.