80. Ranaghat East

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 21.5%.

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

• CPM vote shareCPM went from 32.4% to 49.0% of the vote here (+16.6%).
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 27.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 76.4% between them, down from 98.3% — the field split more ways.

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