43. Chittoor

Telugu Desam Party held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 7.1% to 1.0%.

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 10.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 82.2% between them, down from 96.6% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 6.0% to 80.8%.

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