42. Englishbazar

Indian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 6.9% to 7.6%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1962 and 1967 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 8.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 24.9% — it did not contest here in 1962.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 57.5% between them, down from 74.3% — the field split more ways.

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