40. Sabroom

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 24.7% to 13.6%.

• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 42.3% — it did not contest here in 2008.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 98.1% of the vote between them, up from 89.4% — a tighter two-way contest.

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