28. Mandawa

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 18.6% to 0.4%.

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

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Knife-edgeDecided by 405 votes (0.39%) — among the closest results anywhere.
• Multi-cornered5 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.

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