139. Bissam Cuttack

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 12.8% to 0.3%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 12.4% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 68.7% between them, down from 80.9% — the field split more ways.

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