6. Daramdin

Sikkim Democratic Front held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 49.8% to 14.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerSikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) finished second with 40.8% — it did not contest here in 2009.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 95.7% of the vote between them, up from 88.1% — a tighter two-way contest.

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