176. Polba

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 8.4% to 7.9%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.9% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 85.3% between them, down from 94.6% — the field split more ways.

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