196. Chandrakona

The seat changed hands: Communist Party of India (CPI) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 29.0%.

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

• CPM vote shareCPM went from 43.2% to 48.1% of the vote here (+4.9%).
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 19.2% — it did not contest here in 1972.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 67.3% between them, down from 96.6% — the field split more ways.

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