50. Farakka

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin widened from 3.6% to 8.9%.

Boundaries were redrawn between 1972 and 1977 — the comparison is matched by name and is indicative only.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 7.3% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndependent (IND) finished second with 27.9% — it did not contest here in 1972.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 64.6% between them, down from 84.7% — the field split more ways.

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