166. Ladakh

Independent held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 19.9% to 3.4%.

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 22.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 26.5% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 56.3% between them, down from 83.7% — the field split more ways.

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