135. Panihati

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 30.7%.

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

• CPM vote shareCPM went from 26.8% to 54.3% of the vote here (+27.5%).
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 23.5% — it did not contest here in 1972.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 77.8% between them, down from 99.5% — the field split more ways.

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