7. Medak

Bharat Rashtra Samithi (formerly TRS) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.7% to 0.6%.

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 13.7% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 36.1% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 72.8% between them, down from 87.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 4.7% to 76.3%.

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