179. Uttarpara

Communist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 45.1% to 26.2%.

• Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 4.2% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
• New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 33.5% — it did not contest here in 1977.
• Vote consolidatedThe top two candidates took 93.2% of the vote between them, up from 82.9% — a tighter two-way contest.

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