172. Chandernagore

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 18.1% to 22.0%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 3.1% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 87.7% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.

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