281. Mangalkot

The seat changed hands: Indian National Congress (INC) lost it to Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM), which now leads by 32.0%.

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

• CPM vote shareCPM went from 40.8% to 60.8% of the vote here (+20.1%).
• New challengerJanata Party (JNP) finished second with 28.8% — it did not contest here in 1972.
• Vote fragmentedThe top two took only 89.6% between them, down from 97.8% — the field split more ways.

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