289. Ratnagiri - Sindhudurg

Shiv Sena held the seat; the winning margin widened from 16.7% to 19.8%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerMSHP (MSHP) finished second with 31.0% — it did not contest here in 2014.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 81.9% between them, down from 93.3% — the field split more ways.
• TurnoutTurnout fell 3.6% to 61.9%.

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