119. Diamond Harbour

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 28.5%.

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

• CPM vote shareCPM went from 43.1% to 60.0% of the vote here (+16.9%).
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 31.6% — it did not contest here in 1972.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 91.6% between them, down from 100.0% — the field split more ways.

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