49. Bari

Biju Janata Dal held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 10.8% to 5.3%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 39.1% — it did not contest here in 2009.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 83.6% between them, down from 91.7% — the field split more ways.

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