37. Baghmara

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 32.0% to 5.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 13.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerHPU (HPU) finished second with 47.1% — it did not contest here in 1988.

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