142. Kotpad

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.3% to 9.2%.

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 9.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBiju Janata Dal (BJD) finished second with 28.2% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 65.6% between them, down from 90.9% — the field split more ways.

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