272. Nashik

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Shiv Sena (SHS), which now leads by 5.1%.

• New challengerNationalist Congress Party (NCP) finished second with 36.5% — it did not contest here in 1998.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 78.1% between them, down from 99.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 3.3% to 54.2%.

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