59. Khurda

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.1% to 1.6%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Runner-up changedSecond place passed from UTC (UTC) to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM).
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.2% between them, down from 64.4% — the field split more ways.

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