9. Khunta

The seat changed hands: Janata Dal (JD) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 4.8%.

• INC vote shareINC went from 28.5% to 32.3% of the vote here (+3.8%).
• New challengerJharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) finished second with 27.5% — it did not contest here in 1990.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.7% between them, down from 77.6% — the field split more ways.

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