22. Visakhapatnam

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.5% to 6.6%.

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 17.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPRAP (PRAP) finished second with 29.8% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 66.3% between them, down from 95.0% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 9.2% to 73.0%.

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