81. Abohar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.3% to 8.5%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2007 and 2012 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 6.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 39.9% — it polled just 0.9% in 2007.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 88.3% between them, down from 95.9% — the field split more ways.

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