24. Kakinada

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 6.9% to 3.5%.

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 15.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerPRAP (PRAP) finished second with 30.0% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 63.5% between them, down from 91.9% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 4.9% to 76.3%.

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