8. Hanumangarh

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 5.9% to 0.2%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2003 and 2008 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 76.9% of the vote between them, up from 68.0% — a tighter two-way contest.
• Knife-edgeDecided by 386 votes (0.24%) — among the closest results anywhere.
• Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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