5. Nizamabad

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 17.6% to 6.8%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 2004 and 2009 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 23.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS) (BRS) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 59.9% between them, down from 95.4% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 2.6% to 66.7%.

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