343. Ludhiana

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 13.4% to 1.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 25.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerAam Aadmi Party (AAP) finished second with 25.5% — it did not contest here in 2009.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 52.8% between them, down from 92.7% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout rose 5.8% to 70.5%.

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