33. Kakraban-Salgarah

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 16.4% to 8.1%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) finished second with 45.1% — it polled just 1.4% in 2013.

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