281. Nashik

Nationalist Congress Party held the seat; the winning margin widened from 2.3% 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 10.5% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerMaharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) finished second with 33.0% — it did not contest here in 2004.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 69.3% between them, down from 91.4% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 2.2% to 45.4%.

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