156. Sealdah

The seat changed hands: Janata Party (JNP) lost it to Indian National Congress (INC), which now leads by 15.5%.

• INC vote shareINC went from 23.3% to 53.1% of the vote here (+29.8%).
• New challengerCommunist Party of India (CPI) finished second with 37.6% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 90.7% of the vote between them, up from 67.8% — a tighter two-way contest.

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