253. Ausgram

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 20.9% to 0.7%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 5.8% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 49.7% — it did not contest here in 1971.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 100.0% of the vote between them, up from 91.3% — a tighter two-way contest.

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