311. Shillong

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 22.5% to 6.5%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.6% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.3% — it polled just 1.5% in 2009.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 61.0% between them, down from 74.2% — the field split more ways.

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